Jörn Rüsen and humanism as light in times of darkness
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9020.intelligere.2017.127303Keywords:
theory of history, humanism, globalization, Human Sciences, 21st centuryAbstract
In a first section of this article I would like to explain the differences between three concepts that seem to me central not only to understanding Rüsen's ideas but also to actualizing a humanism in the 21st century. As I have already pointed out: humanism is not for Rüsen an intellectual occurrence. It is rather the result of a historical evolution. In the second section I will try to reconstruct the historical genesis of Rüsen's humanism. It will be clear that Rüsen's ideas on humanism are inspired above all in the tradition of Western and especially European thought. In this way, it seems to me indispensable to relate them to the postcolonial criticisms that have rightly recovered much importance. In the third section I propose to discuss this thematic plexus. The position that Rüsen assumes in the face of postcolonial criticism prepares the ground to explain his proposal for a "humanism in the epoch of globalization", in which I will notice the fourth section. I will devote the last section to some reflections on the question about the need for a humanist orientation as Rüsen defends it in our day.Downloads
References
Bauer, Joachim (2006), Prinzip Menschlichkeit: Warum wir von Natur aus kopieren, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe.
Bhambra, Gurminder K. (2007), Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination, Nueva York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bhambra, Gurminder K. (2016), “Comparative Historical Sociology and the State: Problems of Method”, en: Cultural Sociology, Vol. 10(3), 335–351.
Césaire, Aimé (2008), “Discurso sobre el colonialismo”, en Philippe Ollé-Laprune (ed.), Para leer a Aimé Césaire, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2008, pp. 313-355.
Heidegger, Martin, “Brief über den Humanismus (1946)”, Gesamtausgabe/i. Abteilung: Veröffentlichte Schriften (1910-1976)/Band 9: Wegmarken, Frankfurt del Meno, Vittorio Klostermann, 1976, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, pp. 312-364.
Inglehart, Ronald F. /Pippa Norris (2016), “Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash”, Faculty Research Working Paper Series, Harvard Kennedy School, https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/Index.aspx (consultado: 20 de enero 2017).
Kozlarek, Oliver (2014), Modernidad como conciencia del mundo. Ideas en torno a una teoría social humanista para la modernidad global, México, D.F.: Siglo xxi.
Kozlarek, Oliver (2015), Modernidad, crítica y humanismo, Morelia: UMSNH/Silla Vacia.
Kozlarek, Oliver (2016), Postcolonial Reconstruction: A Sociological Reading of Octavio Paz, Berlin/New York: Springer.
Rüsen, Jörn (1998), “Theoretische Zugänge zum interkulturellen Vergleich historischen Denkens”, en: Jörn Rüsen/Michael Gottlob/Achim Mittag (eds.) (1998), Die Vielfalt der Kulturen. Erinnerung, Geschichte und Identität 4, Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp: pp. 37-73.
Rüsen, Jörn (1999), “Einleitung: Geschichtsdenken im interkulturellen Diskurs”, en: Jörn Rüsen (ed.) (1999), Westliches Geschichtsdenken. Eine interkulturelle Debatte, Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, pp. 13-28.
Rüsen, Jörn (2009), “Humanismo en la época de la globalización. Ideas sobre una nueva orientación cultural”, en: Jörn Rüsen/Oliver Kozlarek (coord.) (2009), Humanismo en la era de la globalización. Desafíos y perspectivas, Buenos Aires: Biblos, pp. 17-27.
Rüsen, Jörn (2010), “Klassischer Humanismus. Ein Ortsbestimmung”, en: Jörn Rüsen (ed.) (2012), Perspektiven der Humanität. Menschen im Diskurs der Disziplinen, Bielefeld: Transcript, pp. 273-315.
Rüsen, Jörn (2010b), “Einleitung. Menschsein – kognitive Kohärenz in disziplinärer Forschun”, en: Jörn Rüsen (ed.) (2012), Perspektiven der Humanität. Menschen im Diskurs der Disziplinen, Bielefeld: Transcript, pp. 11-39.
Rüsen, Jörn (2012), “Humanism. Anthropology – Axial Ages – Modernities”, en: Oliver Kozlarek/Jörn Rüsen/Ernst Wolff (eds.) (2012), Shaping a Humane World. Civilizations – Axial Times – Modernities – Humanisms, Bielefeld: Transcript, pp. 55-79.
Rüsen, Jörn, et al. (2012), “Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges”, en: Stefan Reichmuth/Jörn Rüsen/Aladdin Sarhan (eds.) (2012), Humanism and Muslim Culture. Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 11-24.
Wolfgang Welsch (2012), Homo mundus. Jenseits der anthropischen Denkform der Moderne, Weilerswist: Velbrück.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Autores que publicam em Intelligere concordam com os seguintes termos:
- Autores mantém os direitos autorais e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons Attribution que permite o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
- Autores têm autorização para assumir contratos adicionais separadamente, para distribuição não-exclusiva da versão do trabalho publicada nesta revista (ex.: publicar em repositório institucional ou como capítulo de livro), com reconhecimento de autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
- Autores têm permissão e são estimulados a publicar e distribuir seu trabalho online (ex.: em repositórios institucionais ou na sua página pessoal), com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
