The Invention of Humanity

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The Invention of Humanity
The Invention of Humanity
Author : Siep Stuurman
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 20 February 2017
ISBN : 9780674977518
Pages : 672 pages
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The Invention of Humanity by Siep Stuurman Book PDF Summary

For much of history, strangers were seen as barbarians, seldom as fellow human beings. The notion of common humanity had to be invented. Drawing on global thinkers, Siep Stuurman traces ideas of equality and difference across continents and civilizations, from antiquity to present-day debates about human rights and the “clash of civilizations.”

The Invention of Humanity

The Invention of Humanity by Siep Stuurman

For much of history, strangers were seen as barbarians, seldom as fellow human beings. The notion of common humanity had to be invented. Drawing on global thinkers, Siep Stuurman traces ideas of equality and difference across continents and civilizations, from antiquity to present-day debates about human rights and the “clash

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The Invention of Humanity

The Invention of Humanity by Siep Stuurman

For much of history, strangers were routinely classified as barbarians and inferiors, seldom as fellow human beings. The notion of a common humanity was counterintuitive and thus had to be invented. Siep Stuurman traces evolving ideas of human equality and difference across continents and civilizations from ancient times to the

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The Invention of Humanity

The Invention of Humanity by Siep Stuurman

For much of history, strangers were seen as barbarians, seldom as fellow human beings. The notion of common humanity had to be invented. Drawing on global thinkers, Siep Stuurman traces ideas of equality and difference across continents and civilizations, from antiquity to present-day debates about human rights and the "clash

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