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What Is Humanism?

Christian Fuchs (Paderborn University, Germany)

Digital Humanism

ISBN: 978-1-80382-422-2, eISBN: 978-1-80382-419-2

Publication date: 19 September 2022

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the question: What is Humanism? The chapter discusses definitions of Humanism. It synthesises such definitions in order to provide a philosophical understanding of Humanism. This understanding has epistemological, ontological and axiological dimensions. The chapter points out that Humanism is transcultural. Common objections to Humanism are discussed by engaging with the works of the historian Yuval Noah Harari. Based on the general understanding of Humanism, the approach of Radical Humanism is introduced. Radical Humanism is a particular form of Humanism. Its epistemological, ontological and axiological aspects are outlined. The chapter discusses four examples approaches of Radical Humanism (Karl Marx, Erich Fromm, Wang Ruoshui, David Harvey).

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Fuchs, C. (2022), "What Is Humanism?", Digital Humanism (Society Now), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 15-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-419-220221002

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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