Humanism With a Human Face: Intimacy and the Enlightenment

Howard B. Radest

ISBN 10: 0275949699 / ISBN 13: 9780275949693

Published by Praeger, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humanism With a Human Face: Intimacy and the Enlightenment
• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275949699
• ISBN 13: 9780275949693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Beginning with the thesis that Humanism has its roots both in the Enlightenment and in Transcendentalism, this book explores the consequences of taking such a point of view. Radest criticizes the desertion of Enlightenment values such as freedom, human solidarity, and rationality, as well as the failure of Humanists to understand the subjective and emotional features of their history. Out of this exploration, which is a consequence of both personal experience and philosophic analysis, Radest concludes that Humanism, and by implication, modernism are still dynamic and relevant modes of response to the problems of human beings.

About the Author

HOWARD B. RADEST is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. He is the founding Dean and now Dean Emeritus of The Humanist Institute. His books include Community Service: Encounter with Strangers (Praeger, 1993), The Devil and Secular Humanism (Praeger, 1990), and Can We Teach Ethics? (Praeger, 1989).