Applied Humanism

Author : Jennifer Hancock
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781949991437

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Applied Humanism by Jennifer Hancock Pdf

This book provides a short introduction to the philosophy of humanism and discusses how and why it is being applied to business and why it is so effective when you do so. You can’t understand humanistic business management unless you understand what humanism is. This book provides a short introduction to the philosophy of humanism and discusses how and why it is being applied to business and why it is so effective when you do so. Humanism helps us prioritize human value as important. It supports positive interpersonal relationships and collaborative and respectful decision-making. Since all businesses are in the business of solving problems, good problem solving is essential to good business. Humanism has already transformed many other disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, and more. Additionally, humanism is foundational to the practice of human resources, without which businesses cannot operate. It is important for business managers to understand the philosophy fully so they can understand how to not only manage people more effectively, but how to operate their businesses in a way that helps the communities in which they operate. This book will provide the primer they need to create more effective and ethical businesses.

Author : Timothy P. Dost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351904421

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Renaissance Humanism in Support of the Gospel in Luther's Early Correspondence by Timothy P. Dost Pdf

Drawing on the early correspondence of Martin Luther, Timothy Dost presents a reassessment of the degree to which humanism influenced the thinking of this key reformation figure. Studying letters written by Luther between 1507 and 1522, he explores the various ways Luther used humanism and humanist techniques in his writings and the effect of these influences on his developing religious beliefs. The letters used in this study, many of which have never before been translated into English, focus on Luther's thoughts, attitudes and application of humanism, uncovering the extent to which he used humanist devices to develop his understanding of the gospel. Although there have been other studies of Luther and humanism, few have been grounded in such a close philological examination of Luther's writings. Combining a sound knowledge of recent historiography with a detailed familiarity with Luther's correspondence, Dost provides a sophisticated contribution to the field of reformation studies.

Author : Hana Worthen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030440664

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Humanism, Drama, and Performance by Hana Worthen Pdf

This book examines the appropriation of theatre and theatrical performance by ideologies of humanism, in terms that continue to echo across the related disciplines of literary, drama, theatre, and performance history and studies today. From Aristotle onward, theatre has been regulated by three strains of critical poiesis: the literary, segregating theatre and the practices of the spectacular from the humanizing work attributed to the book and to the internality of reading; the dramatic, approving the address of theatrical performance only to the extent that it instrumentalizes literary value; and the theatrical, assimilating performance to the conjunction of literary and liberal values. These values have been used to figure not only the work of theatre, but also the propriety of the audience as a figure for its socializing work, along a privileged dualism from the aestheticized ensemble—harmonizing actor, character, and spectator to the essentialized drama—to the politicized assembly, theatre understood as an agonistic gathering.

Author : Faculty of Arts University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781326561444

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Journal of Integrative Humanism Vol. 6 No. 1 by Faculty of Arts University of Cape Coast, Ghana Pdf

Dear Reader, Thank you for purchasing your copy of the Journal of Integrative Humanism Ghana (Integrative Perspective) Volume Six Number 1 October, 2015. You now have an international journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Articles in this volume are authored by high profile researchers from various Universities in sub-Saharan Africa. In this special edition, you have the privilege of reading recent world-class researches whose scope is global though with relevance to Africa in areas such as politics, improved education, philosophy, computing and dress code. We hope your mind will be whetted and your knowledge increased by the time you read relevant articles in this volume. Please send your constructive comments to the Publishing Consultant ([email protected]) or should you wish to publish here, sent a statement of interest to [email protected]. Edet Otu Publishing Consultant University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Author : Margaret L King
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400854349

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Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance by Margaret L King Pdf

In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Roy Speckhardt
Publisher : Humanist Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780931779664

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Creating Change Through Humanism by Roy Speckhardt Pdf

Humanism is “the radical idea that you can be good without a god.” That’s how Roy Speckhardt, the longtime executive director of the American Humanist Association, defines it. His new book, Creating Change Through Humanism, lays out how and why people can lead moral and ethical lives without belief in a higher power. While surveys show that more and more Americans are giving up on religion, merely abandoning traditional religious faith is just one step on a path to a better way of thinking. Speckhardt explains how to take the next steps with the empathy and activism that characterize humanism today. Humanism has inspired generations of individuals to improve themselves, their communities and their country. Creating Change Through Humanism describes how a humanist lifestance has influenced and can continue to advance acceptance, diversity and equality. Humanist ideals pervaded the U.S. from its founding, starting with the innovative idea of separating church and state to maintain a religiously-neutral government. Humanism has continued to propel our nation toward social progress by promoting basic human rights and dignity. The humanist movement, with its forward-thinking outlook and emphasis on critical thinking and self-reflection, has been at the forefront of such pressing social issues as civil rights, women’s rights, LGBTQ equality, responsible scientific freedom, and the environment and population dynamics. Speckhardt interweaves personal stories, including his own, of individuals who have journeyed from organized religion to humanistic convictions. He encourages his readers to be open about their own lack of belief and to become active in social and political causes, so they can put their positive values into action and combat the anti-humanist prejudice propagated by the religious right.

Author : Makdisi George Makdisi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Cristianismo
ISBN : 9781474470650

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Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West by Makdisi George Makdisi Pdf

Challenging beliefs about intellectual culture, Makdisi reaffirms the links between Western and Arabic thought and shows that although scholasticism and humanism have long been considered to be exclusive to the Western world, they have their roots in the medieval Islamic world.

Author : Angelo Mazzocco
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047410249

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Interpretations of Renaissance Humanism by Angelo Mazzocco Pdf

Authored by some of the most preeminent Renaissance scholars active today, this volume’s essays give fresh and illuminating analyses of important aspects of Renaissance humanism, including its origin, connection to the papal court and medieval traditions, classical learning, religious and literary dimensions, and its dramatis personae.

Author : Michael A. Schuler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666774399

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Humanism: In Command or in Crisis? by Michael A. Schuler Pdf

According to bestselling historian Yuval Noah Harari, today's average American has their foot in three ideological camps: nationalism, free market capitalism, and humanism. The first two might seem obvious, but the third? It's entirely possible that most who qualify for that label would be hard pressed to explain its meaning, much less use it self-descriptively. This book is designed to serve two important purposes: First, to provide an accessible resource for anyone curious about the humanist tradition and the arguments advanced by leading contemporary proponents. Second, to address what the author believes is a critical question for our time, the era of the Anthropocene: Is humanism's seemingly benign package of values at least partially responsible for some of the world's most pressing problems? To answer the last question, Schuler draws from an elective collection of commentators, including life scientists, spiritual writers, public intellectuals, technologists, novelists, and even poets. In the end, this wide-ranging survey will help the reader determine whether humanism makes sense for them.

Author : Bo Bennett
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781456623555

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Positive Humanism by Bo Bennett Pdf

Author : Paul Kurtz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000944129

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Skepticism and Humanism by Paul Kurtz Pdf

As we begin the third millennium there is cause for cautious optimism regarding the human prospect. Democratic revolutions and the doctrine of universal human rights have captured the imagination of large sectors of humanity, while major advances in science and technology continue to conquer disease and extend life, contributing to rising standards of living, affluence, and cultural freedom on a worldwide basis. Paradoxically, at the same time ancient authoritarian fundamentalist religions have grown in vitriolic intensity along with bizarre New Age, media-driven paranormal belief systems. Also surprising is the resurgence of primitive tribal and ethnic loyalties, unleashing wars of intolerance and bitterness. In Skepticism and Humanism, Paul Kurtz locates these threatening developments within a long-standing and largely unchallenged theological worldview. He proposes, as an alternative to religion, a new cultural paradigm rooted in scientific naturalism, rationalism, and a humanistic outlook. An estimated 60 percent of scientists are atheists or agnostics. However, the skeptical world view has been given little currency even in advanced societies, because of a cultural prohibition against the criticism of religion. At the same time, science has become increasingly narrow and specialized so that few people can draw on its broader intellectual and cultural implications. Skepticism and Humanism attempts to meet this need. It defends skepticism as a method for developing reliable knowledge by using scientific inquiry and reason to test all claims to truth. It also defends scientific naturalism-an evolutionary view of nature, life, and the human species. Kurtz sees the dominant religious doctrines as drawn from an agricultural/nomadic past, and emphasizes the need for a new outlook applicable to the postindustrial information age. At the same time, he rejects postmodernism for abandoning science and embracing a form of nihilism. There can be no doubt that as a new global civilization emerges, scientific naturalism, rationalism, and secular humanism have something significant to say about the meaning of life. Skepticism and Humanism shows how they can to foster democratic values and social prosperity. The book will be important for philosophers, scientists, and all those concerned with contemporary issues.

Author : Patrick Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111868

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Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror by Patrick Baker Pdf

This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, one of the most important cultural movements in Western history. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker explores the meaning that Italian Renaissance humanism had for an essential but neglected group: the humanists themselves.

Author : Audrey Kobayashi,Suzanne Mackenzie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317907046

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Remaking Human Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) by Audrey Kobayashi,Suzanne Mackenzie Pdf

This book highlights the increasingly important contribution of geographical theory to the understanding of social change, values, economic & political organization and ethical imperatives. As a cohesive collection of chapters from well-known geographers in Britain and North America, it reflects the aims of the contributors in striving to bridge the gap between the historical-materialist and humanist interpretations of human geography. The book deals with both the contemporary issues outlined above and the situation in which they emerge: industrial restructuring, planning, women’s issues, social and cultural practices and the landscape as context for social action.

Author : Charles G. Nauert
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000946925

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Humanism and Renaissance Civilization by Charles G. Nauert Pdf

The essays collected in this volume represent many years of Professor Nauert's research and teaching on the history of Renaissance humanism, and more particularly on humanism north of the Alps. Much of the early work involved the significant but often-overlooked history of humanism at the University of Cologne, notoriously the most anti-humanist of the German universities. Later essays deal with the most famous humanist of the early sixteenth century, Erasmus of Rotterdam, and natural philosophy, a broad term covering many subjects now associated with natural science, is the topic of three of the pieces published here. Taken as a whole, the book presents a detailed study of intellectual development among European elites.

Author : Robert L. Waggoner, D.Min.
Publisher : Publishing Designs
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780929540900

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Christianity or Humanism: Which Will You Choose? by Robert L. Waggoner, D.Min. Pdf

"Most Christians are blissfully uninformed about the worldview of Humanism and therefore do not realize that secular Humanism has now largely displaced our society’s Christian foundations." —Robert Waggoner Precise information: Secular Humanism is the major belief system that currently challenges Christian faith in the Western world. Arguments and evidence: The Christian worldview is indeed superior to Humanism. Warning: Humanism is a threat to Christian institutions and beliefs. Motivation: Greater activity is necessary—not only in service to God and humanity, but also in resisting and overthrowing Humanism.