Towards a New Enlightenment - The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities: The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities (The New Institute.Interventions) - Softcover

Gabriel, Markus; Horn, Christoph; Katsman, Anna; Krull, Wilhelm; Lippold, Anna Luisa; Pelluchon, Corine; Venzke, Ingo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837665704 ISBN 13: 9783837665703

Publisher: transcript publishing, 2023

Synopsis

What role can the humanities play in shaping our common future? What are the values that guide us in the 21st century? How can we unleash the potential the humanities offer in a time of multiple crises? This volume tackles some of these fundamental questions, acknowledging and developing the changing role of academic discourse in a turbulent world. This timely book argues that the humanities engender conceptual tools that are capable of reconciling theory and practice. In a bold move, we call for the humanities to reach beyond the confines of universities and engage in the most urgent debates facing humanity today - in a multidisciplinary, transformative, and constructive way. This is a blueprint for how societal change can be inclusive and equitable for the good of humans and non-humans alike.

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About the Authors

Markus Gabriel is academic director at THE NEW INSTITUTE and interim chair of its programme »The Foundations of Value and Values«. He holds the chair for epistemology, modern and contemporary philosophy at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Christoph Horn is a professor at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and holds the chair for practical philosophy and ancient philosophy. He was a fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE in 2021/22.

Anna Katsman (Dr.) is academic director of THE NEW INSTITUTE and was a fellow in 2021/22. She holds a PhD in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York.

Wilhelm Krull is the founding director of THE NEW INSTITUTE and was general secretary of the Volkswagen Foundation for more than 20 years. He holds numerous leading positions in national and international supervisory and advisory bodies.

Anna Luisa Lippold is the manager of the programme »The Foundations of Value and Values« at THE NEW INSTITUTE. She holds a PhD in applied ethics from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Edition details

• Publisher: transcript publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837665704
• ISBN 13: 9783837665703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80