Humanism With a Human Face: Intimacy and the Enlightenment / Edition 1

by Howard Radest

Overview

Beginning with the thesis that Humanism has its roots both in the Enlightenment and in Transcendentalism, this book explores the consequences of taking such a point of view. Radest criticizes the desertion of Enlightenment values such as freedom, human solidarity, and rationality, as well as the failure of Humanists to understand the subjective and emotional features of their history. Out of this exploration, which is a consequence of both personal experience and philosophic analysis, Radest concludes that Humanism, and by implication, modernism are still dynamic and relevant modes of response to the problems of human beings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275949693
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/1996
Series:	Contributions in Philosophy; 56
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1230L (what's this?)

About the Author

HOWARD B. RADEST is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. He is the founding Dean and now Dean Emeritus of The Humanist Institute. His books include Community Service: Encounter with Strangers (Praeger, 1993), The Devil and Secular Humanism (Praeger, 1990), and Can We Teach Ethics? (Praeger, 1989).

Table of Contents

Preface
The Two-ness of Humanism: Progress and Transcendence
The Death and Birth of a Dream
Strange Enemies
The Existential Mood
The Transcendental Opportunity
What Must Be Responded To?
The Politics of Intimacy
The Life of Reason
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A sequel to the author's The Devil and Secular Humanism (Praeger, 1990), expounding on the personal and transcendental qualities of Humanism and responding to the rise of an anti-Humanist spirit in the guise of fundamentalism, "new age," and "post- modernism." Examines Humanism's sources in the Enlightenment and in transcendentalism, and advocates a return to social action as a critical element of Humanism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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