Abstract (may include machine translation)
This essay addresses a crucial chapter in the development of the modern concept of humanity (mankind, humanité, Menschheit )in European culture.¹Rather than a n empirical study based on primary research, it is an attempt to sketch an analytical framework for approaching and understanding a broad array of specific historical topics and phenomena within the parameters of an encompassing theme.T he methodological assumption at its heart is trivial; our concept o f“humanity”is not an intrinsic one, but a contextually defined cultural product shaped by processes of philosophical, historical, social-anthropological, and political self-reflection, and of encounter with“others”in modern times, which all raised important and disturbing questions about the differentiae specifica of the humankind.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Passions, Politics and the Limits of Society |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Pages | 25-46 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110679861 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783110679793 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 24 Aug 2020 |