ISBN:
9783110258318
,
9781283430302
,
9783110258301
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Pluralisierung & Autorität 25
Series Statement:
Pluralisierung & Autorität
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Humankinds
Keywords:
Human beings
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Anthropology
;
Renaissance
;
Renaissance
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Humanism History 16th century
;
Humanism in literature
;
English literature History and criticism Early modern, 1500-1700
;
Theory, etc
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Humanism History 17th century
;
Anthropology
;
Human beings
;
Renaissance
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
;
Anthropology in Literature (Early Modern Age)
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
;
Drama
;
Mensch
;
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Mensch
;
Geschichte 1570-1630
;
Renaissance
;
Anthropologie
;
Geschichte 1420-1600
Abstract:
The Early Modern Period gave rise to ‘humanism´; it also witnessed an unprecedented diversification of the concept that was at its very core, the human. The question of what defines the human became increasingly contested as new developments - the emergence of the natural sciences, the Reformation, colonial expansion - were undermining old certainties. The resulting multiplication of definitions of the human bears out the assumption that anthropology is a discipline of crisis, seeking to establish sets of common values and norms in situations when established authority finds itself under pressure.Andreas Höfele and Stephan Laqué, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1515/9783110258318
URL:
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