Approaching Humankind

Approaching Humankind

Author: Jörn Rüsen

Publisher: V&R Unipress

Published: 2013-06-19

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 3847000586

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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 challenges is provided by a new humanism with an intercultural intent. Such humanism can be conceptualized only by the collaborative efforts of different academic disciplines at exploring the human being as the gist of what is meant by humanity. Thus, this volume explores the pertinent fields of knowledge from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, anthropology, sociology, economy, psychology, neurobiology, history, and gender studies. Focusing on the guiding question of what is meant by being a human, the contributions of this volume encompass a fascinating spectrum of insights, which will orientate future discussions on humanity and humanism.


Towards an Era of Development

Towards an Era of Development

Author: Peter van Kemseke

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9789058675606

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KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society 5In the twenty years after the end of World War II, a "Third World" was added to the Cold War concepts of the First and Second worlds, and postwar decolonization ushered in an era of development. For the first time, theories and policies designed to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the agenda of the United Nations. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic impact on socialism and Christian democracy, two major ideologies with their roots in Western Europe. Both became part of the global political dialogues taking place beyond Europe's borders. The result was a sometimes violent clash of Western and non-Western belief systems.In Towards an Era of Development, Peter Van Kemseke explores the questions of whether political ideologies were being used as vehicles for promoting national interests and if socialism and Christian democracy were forced on developing nations or naturally spread to new parts of the globe. Van Kemseke also offers an assessment of the success of these ideologies in their new territories.


Skepticism and Humanism

Skepticism and Humanism

Author: Paul Kurtz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-31

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1000944123

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As we begin the third millennium there is cause for cautious optimism regarding the human prospect. Democratic revolutions and the doctrine of universal human rights have captured the imagination of large sectors of humanity, while major advances in science and technology continue to conquer disease and extend life, contributing to rising standards of living, affluence, and cultural freedom on a worldwide basis. Paradoxically, at the same time ancient authoritarian fundamentalist religions have grown in vitriolic intensity along with bizarre New Age, media-driven paranormal belief systems. Also surprising is the resurgence of primitive tribal and ethnic loyalties, unleashing wars of intolerance and bitterness. In Skepticism and Humanism, Paul Kurtz locates these threatening developments within a long-standing and largely unchallenged theological worldview. He proposes, as an alternative to religion, a new cultural paradigm rooted in scientific naturalism, rationalism, and a humanistic outlook. An estimated 60 percent of scientists are atheists or agnostics. However, the skeptical world view has been given little currency even in advanced societies, because of a cultural prohibition against the criticism of religion. At the same time, science has become increasingly narrow and specialized so that few people can draw on its broader intellectual and cultural implications. Skepticism and Humanism attempts to meet this need. It defends skepticism as a method for developing reliable knowledge by using scientific inquiry and reason to test all claims to truth. It also defends scientific naturalism-an evolutionary view of nature, life, and the human species. Kurtz sees the dominant religious doctrines as drawn from an agricultural/nomadic past, and emphasizes the need for a new outlook applicable to the postindustrial information age. At the same time, he rejects postmodernism for abandoning science and embracing a form of nihilism. There can be no doubt that as a new global civilization emerges, scientific naturalism, rationalism, and secular humanism have something significant to say about the meaning of life. Skepticism and Humanism shows how they can to foster democratic values and social prosperity. The book will be important for philosophers, scientists, and all those concerned with contemporary issues.


Mullahs on the Mainframe

Mullahs on the Mainframe

Author: Jonah Blank

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 022683641X

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In Jonah Blank's important, myth-shattering book, the West gets its first look at the Daudi Bohras, a unique Muslim denomination who have found the core of their religious beliefs largely compatible with modern ideology. Combining orthodox Muslim prayer, dress, and practice with secular education, relative gender equality, and Internet use, this community serves as a surprising reminder that the central values of "modernity" are hardly limited to the West.


Right to Life

Right to Life

Author: D. K. Bajwa

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Attempts To Explain, Analyse And Evaluate The Right To Life Under The Indian Political System. Traces The Origin Of This Right To Its Incorporation In The Constitutions-Evaluates The Judgements Of The Indian Country On The Theme-Company The Position In India, Usa And Uk In This Respect And The Role Of Political Parties. Highlights The Extent Of Its Violations And Offers Suggestion For Its Protections. Jacket Slightly Rubbed.


Political Science Class - XII - SBPD Publications

Political Science Class - XII - SBPD Publications

Author: Dr. J. C. Johari

Publisher: RAJEEV BANSAL

Published: 2021-05-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13:

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PART ‘A’ : CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS 1.The Cold War Era in World Politics, 2.Disintegration of the Second World and the Collapse of Bipolarity, 3.American Dominance in World Politics, 4. Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power, 5 .South Asia in Post-Cold War Era, 6.International Organisations, 7. Security in the Contemporary World, 8. Environment and Natural Resources in Global Politics, 9 .Globalisation, High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Questions PART ‘B’ : POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE 1.Nation-Building and its Problems, 2 .Era of One-Party Dominance, 3 .Politics of Planned Development, 4. India’s External Relations, 5. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System, 6 .Crisis of the Constitutional Order, 7. Regional Aspirations and Conflicts, 8. Rise of New Social Movements, 9 .Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics,10.Recent Issues and Challenges, High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Questions Board Examination Papers.


The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

Author: Stephen Bullivant

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 781

ISBN-13: 0191667390

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Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. As such, it has spurred fertile (and often heated) discussions both within, and between, a diverse range of disciplines. Yet atheism, and the New Atheism, are by no means co-extensive. Interesting though it indeed is, the New Atheism is a single, historically and culturally specific manifestation of positive atheism (the that there is/are no God/s), which is itself but one form of a far deeper, broader, and more significant global phenomenon. The Oxford Handbook of Atheism is a pioneering edited volume, exploring atheism—understood in the broad sense of 'an absence of belief in the existence of a God or gods'—in all the richness and diversity of its historical and contemporary expressions. Bringing together an international team of established and emerging scholars, it probes the varied manifestations and implications of unbelief from an array of disciplinary perspectives (philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, demography, psychology, natural sciences, gender and sexuality studies, literary criticism, film studies, musicology) and in a range of global contexts (Western Europe, North America, post-communist Europe, the Islamic world, Japan, India). Both surveying and synthesizing previous work, and presenting the major fruits of innovative recent research, the handbook is set to be a landmark text for the study of atheism.