Description: Contents. Introduction. Towards a Definition. 1. The Invention of Humanity Romantic Humanism Humanism in England 'Renaissance Man': a 19th-century Creation The Birth of Modernity The Rights of Man The Religion of Humanity 2. From Humanism to Antihumanism Nietzsche: Humanism as Metaphor and Illusion Liberal Humanism, Modernism and Antihumanism The Twilight of Humanism, Socialist Humanism and Theoretical Antihumanism The Death of Man 3. Humanists Before Humanism: the Renaissance Humanist Printing Eloquence and Identity Gender Trouble Humanist Reading Pico and 'Renaissance Humanism' 4. Humanism and Enlightenment Nature and Science Humanism and Religion Enlightenment Conclusion. On the Word Postscript. Bibliography. Index.

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