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Shaping a Humane World

Civilizations - Axial Times - Modernities - Humanisms

Ernst Wolff editor Jörn Rüsen editor Oliver Kozlarek editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:27th May '12

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The generation of meaning is the primary precondition for acting and thinking. The essays in this volume contribute to a discourse on this matter with a decentred, globalized world in mind. The notions civilization, humanism and modernity - far from being exclusively Western ideas - may facilitate joint efforts of reflecting on the universality of current human conditions, particularly since such reflexion is possible from particular cultural perspectives. Modernity presents us with a second Axial Time in which the quest for a plural, but shared, humane world is the challenge.

ISBN: 9783837619416

Dimensions: 23mm x 14mm x 2mm

Weight: 992g

292 pages