Humanism: Foundations, Diversities, Developments

by Jörn Rüsen

The book describes humanism in a systematic and historical perspective. It analyzes its manifestation and function in cultural studies and its role in the present.

Within the book, special attention is given to the intention of contemporary humanism to overcome ethno-centric elements in the cultural orientation of contemporary living conditions and to develop humane dimensions of this orientation. This is linked to a fundamental critique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367772612
• ISBN13: 9780367772611
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"