Being Humans: Anthropological Universality and Particularity in Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Published by De Gruyter 2000

Being Humans

Anthropological Universality and Particularity in Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by: Neil Roughley

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110822809

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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 Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
On Being Humans. An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Conceptualising the Human
Anthropological Universality. On the Validity of Generalisations about Human Nature Justin Stagl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
“World-Openness” and the Question of Anthropological Universalism. Comments on Justin Stagl’s Paper Neil Roughley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
A Reply to Neil Roughley Justin Stagl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Human Nature, Human Variety, Human Freedom Mary Midgley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
A Cultural-Historical View of Human Nature Michael Cole and Karl Levitin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Human Diversity and Human Nature. The Life and Times of a False Dichotomy Bradd Shore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
II Contexts of the Human
Encountering the Other through Grammar Rom Harré Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
A Grammar of Human Life? Comments on Rom Harré’s Paper Thomas Luckmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
A Reply to Thomas Luckmann Rom Harré Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Human Universals and their Implications Donald E. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Are Women Human? Helen Haste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
III Anthropology, Literature and the Aesthetic
Redefining the Human. A Survey of Approaches to Literary Anthropology Aleida Assmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Approaching Literary Anthropology. Comments on Aleida Assmann’s Paper Gottfried Seebass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
A Reply to Gottfried Seebass Aleida Assmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Understanding Homer: Literature, History and Ideal Anthropology Bernard Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
The Implications of Human Picture Making: The Articulation of Visual Space Andrew Harrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Universality and Cultural Particularity in Visual Aesthetics Wilfried van Damme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
IV Humanity, Morality and Politics
Learning to be Natural Ronald de Sousa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Emotion, Moral Value and Being Human. Comments on Ronald de Sousa’s Paper Wolfgang Friedlmeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
A Reply to Wolfgang Friedlmeier Ronald de Soma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Politics and the Unnatural Infirmity of Being Human Christopher J. Berry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Rationality, Autonomy and Basic Needs David Copp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Persons: Resistance and Moral Creativity in East Germany and South India Michael Carrithers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
Afterword: “Human Nature”. A Conceptual Matrix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	422

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2012
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 426
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
Keywords: Philosophische Anthropologie; Aufsatzsammlung

eBook

Published: February 6, 2013
ISBN: 9783110822809

Hardcover

Published: December 13, 2000
ISBN: 9783110169744