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 |
| Editors | Heikki Haara, Koen Stapelbroek, Mikko Immanen |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 25-46 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110679861 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110679793 |
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| State | Published - 2020 |