Shaping a Humane World: Civilizations â " Axial Times â " Modernities â " Humanisms (Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization)

ISBN 10: 3837619419 / ISBN 13: 9783837619416

Published by transcript publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shaping a Humane World: Civilizations â " Axial Times â " Modernities â " Humanisms (Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization)
• Publisher: transcript publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837619419
• ISBN 13: 9783837619416
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Oliver Kozlarek (Dr. phil., Dr. en Humanidades) lehrt und forscht am »Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas« der Universidad Michoacana in Morelia, Mexiko. Als Gastwissenschaftler war er u.a. an der New School for Social Research (New York), der Universidad de Buenos Aires, der TU Chemnitz, der Stanford University und dem Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut in Essen tätig.

Jörn Rüsen (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.) lehrte Geschichte an den Universitäten FU Berlin, Bochum, Bielefeld und Witten/Herdecke. Zuletzt war er Direktor des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts in Essen. Seit 2007 ist er Emeritus für Allgemeine Geschichte und Geschichtskultur an der Universität Witten/Herdecke.

Ernst Wolff (Prof. Dr.) teaches philosophy at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and is Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities at Essen (Germany). His research covers hermeneutics, social and political philosophy and the philosophy of technology.