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The Early Modern Period gave rise to 'humanism'; it also witnessed an unprecedented diversification of the concept that was at its very core, the human. The question of what defines the human became increasingly contested as new developments - the emergence of the natural sciences, the Reformation, colonial expansion - were undermining old certainties. The resulting multiplication of definitions of the human bears out the assumption that anthropology is a discipline of crisis, seeking to establish sets of common values and norms in situations when established authority finds itself under pressure.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Humankinds
• Author: Andreas Höfele, Stephan Laqué
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 286
• EAN: 9783110258301
• ISBN: 3110258307
• ID: 12565998
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Weight: 551 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 155 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. April 2011

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