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Being Humans

Anthropological Universality and Particularity in Transdisciplinary Perspectives
  • Edited by: Neil Roughley
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2000
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"Ein echter Volltreffer: hier widmet sich ein sehr gut integrierter und dazu ungewöhnlich sorgfältig gemachter Sammelband einem wichtigen und gleichzeitig kaum systematisch beackerten Themenfeld."

Christoph Antweiler, Anthropos 1/2004

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Preface

    v
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    Contents

    vii
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    On Being Humans. An Introduction

    1
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  • I Conceptualising the Human
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    Anthropological Universality. On the Validity of Generalisations about Human Nature

    25
    Justin Stagl
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    “World-Openness” and the Question of Anthropological Universalism. Comments on Justin Stagl’s Paper

    37
    Neil Roughley
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    A Reply to Neil Roughley

    45
    Justin Stagl
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    Human Nature, Human Variety, Human Freedom

    47
    Mary Midgley
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    A Cultural-Historical View of Human Nature

    64
    Michael Cole and Karl Levitin
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    Human Diversity and Human Nature. The Life and Times of a False Dichotomy

    81
    Bradd Shore
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  • II Contexts of the Human
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    Encountering the Other through Grammar

    107
    Rom Harré
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    A Grammar of Human Life? Comments on Rom Harré’s Paper

    131
    Thomas Luckmann
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    A Reply to Thomas Luckmann

    138
    Rom Harré
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    Human Universals and their Implications

    156
    Donald E. Brown
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    Are Women Human?

    175
    Helen Haste
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  • III Anthropology, Literature and the Aesthetic
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    Redefining the Human. A Survey of Approaches to Literary Anthropology

    199
    Aleida Assmann
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    Approaching Literary Anthropology. Comments on Aleida Assmann’s Paper

    216
    Gottfried Seebass
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    A Reply to Gottfried Seebass

    221
    Aleida Assmann
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    Understanding Homer: Literature, History and Ideal Anthropology

    224
    Bernard Williams
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    The Implications of Human Picture Making: The Articulation of Visual Space

    233
    Andrew Harrison
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    Universality and Cultural Particularity in Visual Aesthetics

    258
    Wilfried van Damme
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  • IV Humanity, Morality and Politics
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    Learning to be Natural

    287
    Ronald de Sousa
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    Emotion, Moral Value and Being Human. Comments on Ronald de Sousa’s Paper

    308
    Wolfgang Friedlmeier
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    A Reply to Wolfgang Friedlmeier

    313
    Ronald de Soma
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    Politics and the Unnatural Infirmity of Being Human

    317
    Christopher J. Berry
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    Rationality, Autonomy and Basic Needs

    334
    David Copp
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    Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Persons: Resistance and Moral Creativity in East Germany and South India

    356
    Michael Carrithers
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    Afterword: “Human Nature”. A Conceptual Matrix

    379
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    Bibliography

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    Notes on Contributors

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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
February 6, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9783110822809
Hardcover published on:
December 13, 2000
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110169744
Edition:
Reprint 2012
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Front matter:
9
Main content:
426
Illustrations:
6
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110822809
eBook ISBN: 9783110822809
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110169744
Keywords for this book
Philosophische Anthropologie; Aufsatzsammlung
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