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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136083803321

Autore

Klose Fabian

Titolo

Humanity : a history of European concepts in practice from the sixteenth century to the present / / edited by Fabian Klose and Mirjam Thulin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016

Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

3-666-10145-3

3-647-10145-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz, , 2197-1056 ; ; Supplement 110

Classificazione

36.12.04

Disciplina

909

Soggetti

Civilization - History

Europe Civilization Philosophy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume investigates the development of the concepts and practices of "humanity" from the sixteenth century up to the present. By taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the contributors focus on Europe as well as Europe's relations to other world regions in the process that shaped "humanity". They show how this emerging concept led to the overcoming of fundamental divisions in many spheres on the one hand and the formation of new hierarchies on the other.