| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations, charts, figures, tables |
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BiblioLabs, LLC.
Books
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Humanism Debate Revisited. Sartre, Heidegger, Derrida -- 2 Self-transcendence. Hannah Arendt -- 3 Adaptation. Talcott Parsons -- 4 Responsibility. Hans Jonas -- 5 Language. Jürgen Habermas -- 6 Strong Evaluations. Charles Taylor -- 7 Reflexivity. Margaret Archer -- 8 Reproduction of Life. Luc Boltanski -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
The question 'what is a human being?' remains one of the most vexing intellectual tasks. Debating Humanity reconstructs how contemporary sociologists and philosophers? among others, Arendt, Taylor, Archer and Boltanski? understand the key anthropological skills that define our shared membership to the human species |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index |
| Notes |
Knowledge Unlatched 100739 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection |
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In English |
| Subject |
umanism
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Human beings.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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philosophical anthropology.
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Human beings.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107129337 |
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1107129338 |
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9781316416303 |
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1316416305 |
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