Pluralizing humanism : religions and secularisms beyond power

"Humanism is appealed to today whenever we want to tackle the conditions of dehumanization in the contemporary world. But for humanism to be viable in the twenty first century, this book argues, it needs to be pluralized. Employing theoretical, historical and sociological arguments, the book mo...

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Main Author Jakelic, Slavica (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
SeriesClassical and contemporary social theory.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003253921
100325392X
9781040229255
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9781040229286
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9781032151083
9781032182988
Physical Description1 online resource.

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