Humanism in intercultural perspective : experiences and expectations /
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| Imprint: | Bielefeld : Transcript ; New Brunswick, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, c2009. |
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| Description: | 275 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Being human ; v. 1 Being human (Bielefeld, Germany) ; v. 1. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7994348 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Jörn Rüsen
- Introduction. Humanism in the era of globalization: ideas on a new cultural orientation / Jörn Rüsen
- Humanism in a global world / Dipesh Chakrabarty
- Humanism in the era of globalization: some thoughts / Romila Thapar
- The spirit of renwen ("Humanism") in the traditional culture of China / YunQuan Chen
- Humanism in Indian thought / Surendra Munshi
- Africa and humanism / Elísio Macamo
- Exclusion and inclusion in the quest for a "new" humanism: a perspective from Africa / Bernard C. Lategan
- A return to the question of humanism in Islamic contexts / Muhammad Arkoun
- What is humanism? My western response / Friedrich Wilhelm Graf
- Ideology und utopia: some brief remarks on the relation between religion and humanism / Volkhard Krech
- New wine in old bottles? Reflections on the scope for a Jewish voice in a humanist intercultural dialogue / Jonathan Webber
- "Who observes religions?" Negotiating faith, reason and the idea of humanism in an "era of terrorism" / Georg Essen
- Man in the light of God: an essay on humanism in Islam / Hassan Hanafi
- Feminism as integral to the history of humanism / Gianna Pomata
- Humanism and the literary imagination / Erhard Reckwitz
- Humanism and the social: an unclarified relationship / Bo Stråth
- Intercultural competence: a humanistic perspective / Jürgen Straub
- Humanism yet once more: a view from the other side / Longxi Zhang
- Logocentrism and beyond: some concluding remarks / Henner Laass.
