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Towards a New Enlightenment - The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities
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If we want to understand and shape a rapidly changing world, we need future-oriented humanities and value-driven research.
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What role can the humanities play in shaping our common future? What are the values that guide us in the 21st century? How can we unleash the potential the humanities offer in a time of multiple crises?
This volume tackles some of these fundamental questions, acknowledging and developing the changing role of academic discourse in a turbulent world. This timely book argues that the humanities engender conceptual tools that are capable of reconciling theory and practice.
In a bold move, we call for the humanities to reach beyond the confines of universities and engage in the most urgent debates facing humanity today, in a multidisciplinary, transformative, and constructive way. Towards a New Enlightenment - The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities is a blueprint for how societal change can be inclusive and equitable for the good of humans and non-humans alike.
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Towards a New Enlightenment - The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities is a challenging text that reiterates significant arguments relevant to addressing current global challenges.
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ISBN: 9783837665703
Publisher: Transcript Verlag
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 September 2022
Country: Germany
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Spine width: 1.0mm
Width: 14.0mm
Height: 23.0mm
Weight: 113g
Pages: 80
About the Author
Markus Gabriel ist einer der beiden Academic Directors am THE NEW INSTITUTE und von 2021 bis 2023 Chair des Programms »The Foundations of Value and Values«. Er hat an der Universität Bonn den Lehrstuhl für Erkenntnistheorie, Philosophie der Neuzeit und der Gegenwart inne. Christoph Horn ist Professor an der Universität Bonn und hat dort den Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie und Philosophie der Antike inne. Er war im Jahr 2021/22 Fellow am THE NEW INSTITUTE. Anna Katsman ist Academic Director am THE NEW INSTITUTE. Wilhelm Krull ist Gründungsdirektor des THE NEW INSTITUTE und war von 1996 bis 2019 Generalsekretär der VolkswagenStiftung. Er hat zahlreiche Positionen in nationalen und internationalen Aufsichts- und Beratungsgremien inne. Anna Luisa Lippold war 2021/22 Programm-Managerin von »The Foundations of Value and Values« am THE NEW INSTITUTE. Sie hat an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im Bereich der Angewandten Ethik promoviert. Corine Pelluchon ist Professorin für Philosophie an der Université Gustave Eiffel in Paris, Mitglied des Hannah Arendt Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Political Studies und Fellow am THE NEW INSTITUTE in den Jahren 2021/22 und 2022/23. Ingo Venzke ist Professor für Völkerrecht und soziale Gerechtigkeit an der Universität Amsterdam und Direktor des Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL). Er ist Fellow am THE NEW INSTITUTE in den Jahren 2021/22 und 2022/23.
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