Reflections on (In)Humanity

V&R unipress

For centuries, defining humanism as a universal normative horizon has been at the core of many...mehr

For centuries, defining humanism as a universal normative horizon has been at the core of many cultural, religious, philosophical, ideological, legal and political paradigms. However, human dignity and most other universal values have often been challenged, manipulated, diluted or annihilated, leaving humanism and its proponents disoriented, insecure, discredited.

The book series “Reflections on (In)Humanity” aims at a (self-)reflexive, open-ended, intercultural humanism, engaging the past and present diversity of human experience, in search of a higher common ground for the future.

The series is co-published by V&R unipress and National Taiwan University Press.

Reflections on (In)Humanity

Language, Technology, Humanities in Society 5.0

The fusion of technologies blurring distinctions between the physical, digital, and biological worlds has become a significant hallmark of the fourth industrial revolution. One answer to shaping the future in the age of the digital...

50,00 €

Rebuilding the Profession

This volume is meant to be a retrospective look at the field of Comparative Literature as it has developed in the past two decades, as well as a reflection on its future direction if it is to remain relevant (and innovative) as a field...

45,00 €

The Quantum Relations Principle

Drawing extensively on the current critical state of affairs at the global level, this book highlights the vital importance of systemic thinking and integrated, transformative knowledge in bringing about a paradigm shift from fragmented,...

50,00 €

The Human and the Humane

In times of conflicts and crises, an argument insisting on the humane is commonly heard. In wars, voices demanding a humane treatment of prisoners – as decreed by the Geneva Convention – will be raised. Opposition to social injustice may...

40,00 €

Multiple Experiences of Modernity

Contemporary theories of modernity recognize the plurality or “multiplicity” of modernities. Often the differences are seen as institutional or cultural differences. Although this sort of research is important it cannot be...

50,00 €

Approaching Humankind

Every human life form encapsulates an idea of humankind and humanity. Today, this very idea is challenged by the various and diverging needs for cultural orientation in the age of globalization. One of the recent attempts to meet these...

70,00 €

Crafting Humans

‘Crafting humans’ – and its corollary human enhancement – is a contested topic, both in medical sciences and the humanities. With continuing advances in science and technology, scientists and the general public alike are aware that the...

55,00 €

Inclusive Humanism

The diversity of interconnected cultures on a bounded planet requires more shared orientations. The humanities and politics have to face fundamental questions. What does a humanism look like that does not move too rapidly to universalize...

65,00 €

Exploring Humanity

The old humanistic model, aiming at universalism, ecumenism, and the globalization of various Western systems of values and beliefs, is no longer adequate – even if it pleads for an ever-wider inclusion of other cultural perspectives and...

65,00 €

Humanism and Muslim Culture

The papers of this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to concrete cultural expressions of humanism within the Muslim culture of different times up to the present. They concentrate on three...

55,00 €

The Concept of Humanity in an Age of Globalization

Rethinking humanity as a concept in our age of globalization and its relevance to the social and political reality of our times are the topic of this book. It calls for the reclaiming of humanism as an effective response to the conflict,...

55,00 €