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Homo sapiens, a problematic species : an essay in philosophical anthropology

By Gosselin , Mia

Book information

Publisher
University Press of America
Year
2015
ISBN
0761865195, 978-0-7618-6519-3, 978-0-7618-6520-9
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
919 kB (940658 bytes)
Pages
263\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Human beings. Philosophical anthropology.

Description

Homo Sapiens, A Problematic Species examines how Western culture has understood and continues to understand what it is to be human. This book features reflections on mythical thought and its logic and contrasts it to the Western conception of man as expressed in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, its main sources being Christianity and the idealistic tenet in antique Greek philosophy. The author stresses the necessity to break away from a religious and metaphysical perception of man that is inevitably anthropocentric in order to construct a more scientifically based anthropology appropriate to tackle the threats our species poses to the vast ecological system on Earth.

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