Humanism in Intercultural Perspective ：Experiences and Expectations ( Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization )

Publication subTitle ：Experiences and Expectations

Publication series ：Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization

Author： Rüsen Jörn;Laass Henner  

Publisher： transcript-Verlag‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9783839413449

Subject： B9 Religion;H0 Linguistics

Keyword： 宗教,文化理论

Language： ENG

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This book is a breakthrough in illuminating humanism. For the first time it is presented in an intercultural perspective. It introduces Chinese, Indian, African, Islamic, and Western traditions into the intercultural discussion about basic issues of understanding the human world. By this means it recognizes different disciplinary perspectives: history, philosophy as well as religious, literary and gender studies. Special emphasis is put on the controversial relationship between humanism and religion. This complex network of argumentations is an answer to the challenge of cultural orientation at the age of globalization. Humanism is brought to life as a synthesis of transcultural values and a mutual and critical recognition of cultural differences.

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Foreword

Introduction. Humanism in the Era of Globalization: Ideas on a New Cultural Orientation

Part I: The Challenge of Globalization

Humanism in a Global World

Humanism in the Era of Globalization: Some Thoughts

Part II: The Variety of Cultures

The Spirit of Renwen (“Humanism”) in the Traditional Culture of China

Humanism in Indian Thought

Africa and Humanism

Exclusion and Inclusion in the Quest for a “New” Humanism: A Perspective from Africa

A Return to the Question of Humanism in Islamic Contexts

What is Humanism? My Western Response

Part III: Religious Dimensions

Ideology und Utopia: Some Brief Remarks on the Relation between Religion and Humanism

New Wine in Old Bottles? Refl ections on the Scope for a Jewish Voice in a Humanist Intercultural Dialogue

“Who Observes Religions?”Negotiating Faith, Reason and the Idea of Humanism in an “Era of Terrorism”

Man in the Light of God: An Essay on Humanism in Islam

Part IV: Perspectives of Interpretation

Feminism as Integral to the History of Humanism

Humanism and the Literary Imagination

Humanism and the Social: An Unclarifi ed Relationship

Part V: Towards the Future

Intercultural Competence: A Humanistic Perspective

Humanism yet Once More: A View from the Other Side

Logocentrism and beyond: Some Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes on the Contributors

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