{"product_id":"shaping-a-humane-world-civilizations-axial-times-modernities-humanisms-paperback","title":"Shaping a Humane World: Civilizations - Axial Times - Modernities - Humanisms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOliver Kozlarek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJörn Rüsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErnst Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver Kozlarek (Dr. phil., Dr. en Humanidades) teaches Political and Social Philosophy and Social Theory at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Mexico. Jörn Rüsen (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.), Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities at Essen (Germany), was Head of the Project \"Humanism in the Age of Globalization. An Intercultural Dialogue on Humanity, Culture, and Values.\" He is Professor em. for General History and Historical Culture at the University of 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.91 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48746772299997,"sku":"9783837619416","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/xPp9RwIMz9783837619416.webp?v=1789887111","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/shaping-a-humane-world-civilizations-axial-times-modernities-humanisms-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}