Jeff Noonan traces the development of humanist values from the ancient philosophies of India, China, and Greece, to contemporary struggles against oppression. Embodied Humanism argues that humanism is a critical social philosophy in which need-satisfaction and life-enjoyment have always been paramount.
Jeff Noonan traces the development of humanist values from the ancient philosophies of India, China, and Greece, to contemporary struggles against oppression. Embodied Humanism argues that humanism is a critical social philosophy in which need-satisfaction and life-enjoyment have always been paramount.
Jeff Noonan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Windsor. He is the author of Critical Humanism and the Politics of Difference (2003), Democratic Society and Human Needs (2006), and Materialist Ethics and Life-Value (2012), and more than 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters.
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Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Humanity, Struggle, and the Sensuous Enjoyment of Life Chapter 1: Why Posthumanism? Chapter 2: Life Under the Sun: Ancient Poetic and Philosophical Insights into the Goods of Earthly Life Chapter 3: The Renaissance and Humanity's Place in the Order of Things Chapter 4: The Enlightenment and the Deployment of Reason as a Critical Weapon Chapter 5: The Social Conditions for the Universal Enjoyment of Life Chapter 6: Responsibility and the Pleasures of Social Individuals Bibliography Index About the Author
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Humanity, Struggle, and the Sensuous Enjoyment of Life Chapter 1: Why Posthumanism? Chapter 2: Life Under the Sun: Ancient Poetic and Philosophical Insights into the Goods of Earthly Life Chapter 3: The Renaissance and Humanity's Place in the Order of Things Chapter 4: The Enlightenment and the Deployment of Reason as a Critical Weapon Chapter 5: The Social Conditions for the Universal Enjoyment of Life Chapter 6: Responsibility and the Pleasures of Social Individuals Bibliography Index About the Author
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