Shaping a Humane World
Civilizations – Axial Times – Modernities – Humanisms
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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seite 1 -
Editorial
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Content
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Foreword
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Introduction
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I. The Shape of History
I.1 Habitus - Means - Worldliness
Seiten 25 - 54 -
I.2 Humanism
Seiten 55 - 80 -
I.3 Reinterpretation of Civilization
Seiten 81 - 92 -
II. The Breakthrough of Axial Times and Modernitites
II.1 On Axial Ages and other Thresholds between Epochs
Seiten 95 - 110 -
II.2 The Axial Age and Islam
Seiten 111 - 146 -
II.3 The Theory of the Axial Age Revisited from a Theological Perspective
Seiten 147 - 156 -
II.4 How Unique is East Asian Modernity?
Seiten 157 - 194 -
III. Challenges and Paradigms of Humanity
III.1 Humanisms, the Still Unfulfilled Promise of the ›Axial Age‹ of Modernity
Seiten 197 - 210 -
III.2 The Arena Games in the Roman Empire
Seiten 211 - 244 -
III.3 Classical Tradition, Humanity, Occidental Humanism
Seiten 245 - 256 -
III.4 Humanity as Trans-Individuality
Seiten 257 - 280 -
Notes on the Contributors
Seiten 281 - 286 -
Index of Names
Seiten 287 - 289 -
Backmatter
Seiten 290 - 292
26 April 2012, 292 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-1941-6
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