Homo sapiens, a problematic species : an essay in philosophical anthropology /
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| Author / Creator: | Gosselin, Mia, author. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2015] |
| Description: | x, 263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10136735 |
| Summary: | Homo Sapiens, A Problematic Species examines how Western culture has understood and continues to understand what it is to be human. This book features reflections on mythical thoughtand its logic and contrasts it to the Western conception of man as expressed in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, its main sources being Christianity and the idealistic tenet in antique Greek philosophy. The author stresses the necessity to break away from a religious and metaphysical perception of man that is inevitably anthropocentric in order to construct a more scientifically based anthropology appropriate to tackle the threats our species poses to the vast ecological system on Earth. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0761865195 9780761865193 |
