Being humans : anthropological universality and particularity in transdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Neil Roughley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roughley, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kant claimed that the principal topics of philosophy all converge on one question: Was ist der Mensch? Starting with the main claim that conceptions of the human play a significant structuring role in theory construction, the contributors in this volume(renowned scholars from various disciplines - philosophy, anthropology, psychology, literary studies) investigate the roles that conceptions of the human play both in philosophy and in other human and social sciences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

On Being Humans. An Introduction

I Conceptualising the Human

Anthropological Universality. On the Validity of Generalisations about Human Nature / Stagl, Justin

"World-Openness" and the Question of Anthropological Universalism. Comments on Justin Stagl's Paper / Roughley, Neil

A Reply to Neil Roughley / Stagl, Justin

Human Nature, Human Variety, Human Freedom / Midgley, Mary

A Cultural-Historical View of Human Nature / Cole, Michael / Levitin, Karl

Human Diversity and Human Nature. The Life and Times of a False Dichotomy / Shore, Bradd

II Contexts of the Human

Encountering the Other through Grammar / Harré, Rom

A Grammar of Human Life? Comments on Rom Harré's Paper / Luckmann, Thomas

A Reply to Thomas Luckmann / Harré, Rom

Human Universals and their Implications / Brown, Donald E.

Are Women Human? / Haste, Helen

III Anthropology, Literature and the Aesthetic

Redefining the Human. A Survey of Approaches to Literary Anthropology / Assmann, Aleida

Approaching Literary Anthropology. Comments on Aleida Assmann's Paper / Seebass, Gottfried

A Reply to Gottfried Seebass / Assmann, Aleida

Understanding Homer: Literature, History and Ideal Anthropology / Williams, Bernard

The Implications of Human Picture Making: The Articulation of Visual Space / Harrison, Andrew

Universality and Cultural Particularity in Visual Aesthetics / van Damme, Wilfried

IV Humanity, Morality and Politics

Learning to be Natural / de Sousa, Ronald

Emotion, Moral Value and Being Human. Comments on Ronald de Sousa's Paper / Friedlmeier, Wolfgang

A Reply to Wolfgang Friedlmeier / de Soma, Ronald

Politics and the Unnatural Infirmity of Being Human / Berry, Christopher J.

Rationality, Autonomy and Basic Needs / Copp, David

Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Persons: Resistance and Moral Creativity in East Germany and South India / Carrithers, Michael

Afterword: "Human Nature". A Conceptual Matrix

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-421).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110822809

3110822806

OCLC:

899045458