This distinctive reappraisal of humanism argues that humanist
thought is a diverse tradition which cannot be reduced to current
conceptions of it. By considering humanism via the categories of
Romantic, Existential, Dialogic, Civic, Spiritual, Pagan, Pragmatic
and Technological Humanisms, Halliwell and Mousley propose that the
critical edge of humanist thought can be rescued from its popular
view as intellectually redundant. They also argue that because
these humanisms contain within them anti-humanist perspectives, it
is possible to counter the charge that humanism is based upon an
unquestioned image of human nature. The book focuses on the thought
of twenty-four mainly European and North American thinkers, ranging
historically from the Renaissance to postmodernism. It discusses
foundational writers (some of whom have been claimed as
anti-humanists) such as Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Dewey and Sartre as
well as the contemporary thinkers Habermas, Cixous, Rorty, Hall and
Haraway, to construct a series of provocative dialogues which
suggest the ongoing relevance of humanism to issues of ethics, art,
science, selfhood, gender, citizenship and religion.Given the range
and originality of the book's approach, Critical Humanisms will be
an invaluable resource for students and researchers in the
Humanities, particularly English, American studies, cultural
studies, modern languages, philosophy and sociology.
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