Humanism

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Psychology Press, 1997 - 152 من الصفحات

Definitions of humanism as educational movement, philosophical concept or existential 'life stance' have evolved over the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of cultural and political purposes and contexts, and reactions against humanism have contributed to movements such as structuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Tony Davies offers a clear introduction to the many uses of this influential yet complex concept, and this second edition extends his discussion to include:

  • a wide-ranging history of the development of the term and its influences
  • the implications of debates around humanism and post-humanism for political, religious and environmental activism
  • discussion of the key figures in humanist debate from Erasmus and Milton to Heidegger, Foucault and Chomsky

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THE INVENTION OF HUMANITY
7
ROMANTIC HUMANISM
10
HUMANISM IN ENGLAND
13
A NINETEENTHCENTURY CREATION
15
THE BIRTH OF MODERNITY
20
THE RIGHTS OF MAN
25
THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY
28
FROM HUMANISM TO ANTIHUMANISM
35
HUMANIST PRINTING
76
ELOQUENCE AND IDENTITY
78
GENDER TROUBLE
86
HUMANIST READING
91
PICO AND RENAISSANCE HUMANISM
93
HUMANISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT
105
HUMANISM AND RELIGION
109
ENLIGHTENMENT
117

LIBERAL HUMANISM
41
MODERNISM AND ANTIHUMANISM
47
THE TWILIGHT OF HUMANISM
52
SOCIALIST HUMANISM AND THEORETICAL ANTIHUMANISM
57
THE DEATH OF MAN
69
HUMANISTS BEFORE HUMANISM THE RENAISSANCE
72
ON THE WORD
125
POSTSCRIPT
136
NOTES
138
BIBLIOGRAPHY
143
INDEX
147
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الصفحة 1 - When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things.

نبذة عن المؤلف (1997)

Tony Davies was formerly Professor and Head of the English Department at the University of Birmingham, from which he recently retired. He has edited Milton's poetry and prose, and written on renaissance and modern literature, literary theory and the teaching of English.

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