This is a textbook on the "big ideas" of Western humanism - secularism, rationalism, materialism, democracy, individualism and many others. Students are invited to think critically about these powerful themes that run through Western thought from the ancient Greeks to the Enlightenment, to the 21st century. Drawing on an accessible, student-friendly format, the authors teach by example how to analyse arguments for and against humanist ideas, how to judge alternative theories and how to evaluate humanism as a whole. The text breaks humanism down into 17 fundamental propositions for students to dissect.
- ISBN10 0742513920
- ISBN13 9780742513921
- Publish Date 1 August 2003
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 20 May 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English