Zhang / Antohi / Huang The Concept of Humanity in an Age of Globalization

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-86234-918-0
Verlag: V&R unipress
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 001, Part, 233 Seiten

Reihe: Reflections on (In)Humanity

Rethinking humanity as a concept in our age of globalization and its relevance to the social and political reality of our times are the topic of this book. It calls for the reclaiming of humanism as an effective response to the conflict, turmoil, and violence we witness in the world today. Concepts of humanity and humanism have become suspect of naïveté at best, and guilty of bad faith and repressive ideologies at worst. Yet, hope for improvement is incorrigibly human – the concept of humanity still holds enormous attraction to intellectuals and humanistic scholars. At the same time, it is important to realize that the critique of humanism is very much based on – and limited to – Western social and historical experience. To re-conceptualize humanity and humanism from a truly global perspective will help reclaiming a more inclusive kind of humanism. In this sense, a cross-cultural perspective is important for reclaiming humanism in our age of globalization. The present volume is the result of such an effort. The diversity of the authors’ views speaks eloquently of the complexity of the concept of humanity or what constitutes the distinctly human, and therefore the necessity to have an in-depth dialogue on the fate of humanity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Longxi

Antohi, Sorin

Huang, Chun-chieh

Rüsen, Jörn

Weitere Mitwirkende

Antohi, Sorin

Huang, Chun-chieh

Rüsen, Jörn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Body;7
5;Acknowledgment;7
6;Zhang Longxi: Introduction: Humanity and the Diversity of Conceptualization;9
7;Fred Dallmayr: 1. Who Are We Now? For an “Other” Humanism;21
7.1;Humanism Re-affirmed;22
7.2;Counter-Humanism and Humanism of the “Other”;29
7.3;Toward an “Other” Humanism;35
8;Jörn Rüsen: 2. Towards a New Idea of Humankind: Unity and Difference of Cultures at the Crossroads of Our Time;41
8.1;The challenge of globalization for cultural identity;41
8.2;The Renaissance of Axial Time Origins;50
8.3;The role of the idea of humankind;51
9;Djelal Kadir: 3. Ecce homo: Somewhat Human, Particularly Global, Conveniently Universal, Relatively Unique, Comparatively Incommensurable;55
10;Balmurli Natrajan: 4. The Problem of “Difference” in Discourses of Civilization and Culture;67
10.1;The Predicament of Communication and Humanity;67
10.2;The Problem of “Difference”;70
10.3;The Return of Civilization in the Age of Empire;73
10.4;Culture, Difference and Humanity;79
10.5;Conclusion: Humanity and Humanism;82
11;Patrick Colm Hogan: 5. The Trouble with Moral Universalism: On Human Cognition, Human Bias, and Human Rights;83
11.1;Two Anecdotes;83
11.2;Where Universalists Go Wrong;84
11.3;Isolating Universals;87
11.4;Applying Universals;94
11.5;On Improving the World;96
11.6;The Limits of Ethics;99
12;Dieter Sturma: 6. Humanism and Intercultural Dialogue;101
12.1;1. Introduction;101
12.2;2. Mainstreams of European Humanism;101
12.3;3. The Challenges of Fundamentalism and Relativism;104
12.4;4. The Challenge of Scientific Eliminativism;105
12.5;5. Human Life-Form and Human Rights;106
12.6;6. Thick Description of the Human Life-Form;108
12.7;7. The Intercultural Dialogue of Giving and Asking for Reasons;110
13;Georg Essen: 7. “Who observes religions?” Negotiating Faith, Politics and the Idea of Humanism in an “Era of Terrorism”;113
13.1;1. A clash of cultures and the ambivalence of religion;113
13.2;2. Religious conflicts as a challenge to modern societies: an historical sketch;115
13.3;3. Notes for a religio-political agenda;117
14;Sophia Rosenfeld: 8. Humanity and Its Common Sense;121
15;Donald D. Stone: 9. The Theme of Forgiveness in Western Culture;137
15.1;I.;138
15.2;II.;141
15.3;III.;143
15.4;IV.;147
15.5;Epilogue;150
16;David Stern: 10. The Idea of Humanity in Jewish Tradition: From “The Image of God” to the Jews of China;153
17;Oliver Kozlarek: 11. Towards a Practical Humanism;175
17.1;The “New” Crisis of Humanism;177
17.2;Neither Universalism nor Relativism;179
17.3;The Need for “World-consciousness”;180
17.4;Humanism as a Challenge for Education;182
17.5;“World-knowledge”: The Humanist Task for the Social Sciences and the Humanities;184
18;Zhang Longxi: 12. What Is Human or Human Nature? Different Views in Ancient China;189
19;Krishan Kumar: 13. Empires as Bearers of Global Ideas of Humanity;203
19.1;Empires and Nations;203
19.2;Empires and the Universal Mission;206
19.3;The Idea of Empire in the West: Alexander and Rome;208
19.4;The Christian Empire in the West;212
19.5;Civilizing the World;213
19.6;Empire Today?;216
20;G.E.R. Lloyd: 14. Humanities in a Globalized World: Vive l'Unité, Vive la Différence;217
21;List of Contributors;229

Über Autor(innen)

Huang, Chun-chieh
Prof Dr Chun-chieh Huang is National Chair Professor and Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Zhang, Longxi
Dr. Longxi Zhang is Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong.

Rüsen, Jörn
Prof Dr Jörn Rüsen ist Senior Fellow am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Essen und Professor emeritus an der Universität Witten/Herdecke.