Screen LibraryBeing humans : anthropological universality and particularity in transdisciplinary perspectives /
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2000 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110822809 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110822809.jpg |
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1 online resource(ix,426pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | 6 schw.-w. Abb. |
| ISBN: | 9783110822809 |
| Index Number: | BD450 |
| CLC: | B089.3 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- On Being Humans. An Introduction -- Anthropological Universality. On the Validity of Generalisations about Human Nature / "World-Openness" and the Question of Anthropological Universalism. Comments on Justin Stagl s Paper / A Reply to Neil Roughley / Human Nature, Human Variety, Human Freedom / A Cultural-Historical View of Human Nature / Human Diversity and Human Nature. The Life and Times of a False Dichotomy / Encountering the Other through Grammar / A Grammar of Human Life? Comments on Rom Harr s Paper / A Reply to Thomas Luckmann / Human Universals and their Implications / Are Women Human? / Redefining the Human. A Survey of Approaches to Literary Anthropology / Approaching Literary Anthropology. Comments on Aleida Assmann s Paper / A Reply to Gottfried Seebass / Understanding Homer: Literature, History and Ideal Anthropology / The Implications of Human Picture Making: The Articulation of Visual Space / Universality and Cultural Particularity in Visual Aesthetics / Learning to be Natural / Emotion, Moral Value and Being Human. Comments on Ronald de Sousa s Paper / A Reply to Wolfgang Friedlmeier / Politics and the Unnatural Infirmity of Being Human / Rationality, Autonomy and Basic Needs / Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Persons: Resistance and Moral Creativity in East Germany and South India / Afterword: "Human Nature". A Conceptual Matrix -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors. |