A Quest for Humanity

A Quest for Humanity
Author: Menno Boldt
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2011-07-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1442696796

In A Quest for Humanity, Menno Boldt presents a persuasive new framework for achieving a human social order in the global age. Boldt explores the concept of ‘the good society’ as a world in which every person can realize their potential for humanity through liberty, social justice, and equal human dignity. A Quest for Humanity innovatively positions globalization as a deterministic phenomenon of expanding interdependence and shared knowledge — resulting in ever-larger economic and political jurisdictions, but also creating social and psychological links between peoples across the world. Boldt challenges mainstream certainty that Western democracy and constitutional human rights are the exemplary doctrines for the global good society. With a fresh vision designed to inspire a universal acknowledgement of human dignity, A Quest for Humanity powerfully affirms the value of each human being.

Quest

Quest
Author: Charles Pasternak
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2003-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN:

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The Quest for a Common Humanity

The Quest for a Common Humanity
Author: Katell Berthelot
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2011-04-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004201653

This volume explores the development of the idea of a common humanity for all human beings from Antiquity to the present time focussing on the "other" as "neighbour, enemy, and infidel", on the interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham ́s sacrifice and on ancient and modern ethical and legal implications of the concept of human dignity.

The Human Quest for Meaning

The Human Quest for Meaning
Author: Paul T. P. Wong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 866
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136508090

The first edition of The Human Quest for Meaning was a major publication on the empirical research of meaning in life and its vital role in well-being, resilience, and psychotherapy. This new edition continues that quest and seeks to answer the questions, what is the meaning of life? How do we explain what constitutes meaningful relationships, work, and living? The answers, as the eminent scholars and practitioners who contributed to this text find, are neither simple nor straightforward. While seeking to clarify subjective vs. objective meaning in 21 new and 7 revised chapters, the authors also address the differences in cultural contexts, and identify 8 different sources of meaning, as well as at least 6 different stages in the process of the search for meaning. They also address different perspectives, including positive psychology, self-determination, integrative, narrative, and relational perspectives, to ensure that readers obtain the most thorough information possible. Mental health practitioners will find the numerous meaning-centered interventions, such as the PURE and ABCDE methods, highly useful in their own work with facilitating healing and personal growth in their clients. The Human Quest for Meaning represents a bold new vision for the future of meaning-oriented research and applications. No one seeking to truly understand the human condition should be without it.

Database of Dreams

Database of Dreams
Author: Rebecca Lemov
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0300216645

Just a few years before the dawn of the digital age, Harvard psychologist Bert Kaplan set out to build the largest database of sociological information ever assembled. It was the mid-1950s, and social scientists were entranced by the human insights promised by Rorschach tests and other innovative scientific protocols. Kaplan, along with anthropologist A. I. Hallowell and a team of researchers, sought out a varied range of non-European subjects among remote and largely non-literate peoples around the globe. Recording their dreams, stories, and innermost thoughts in a vast database, Kaplan envisioned future researchers accessing the data through the cutting-edge Readex machine. Almost immediately, however, technological developments and the obsolescence of the theoretical framework rendered the project irrelevant, and eventually it was forgotten.

Just Human

Just Human
Author: Arielle Silverman
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11-11
Genre:
ISBN:

The Mystery of Time

The Mystery of Time
Author: John Langone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN:

Chronicles a visual journey through humanity's efforts to measure and quantify time, from watching the geese fly south for the winter to modern cosmology.

The Quest for World Order and Human Dignity in the Twenty-first Century

The Quest for World Order and Human Dignity in the Twenty-first Century
Author: W.M. Reisman
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2013-02-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004236163

International law’s archipelago is composed of legal “islands”, which are highly organized, and “offshore” zones, manifesting a much lower degree of legal organization. Each requires a different mode of decisionmaking, each further complicated by the stress of radical change. This General Course is concerned, first, with understanding and assessing the aggregate performance of the world constitutive process, in present and projected constructs; second, with providing the intellectual tools that can enable those involved in making decisions to be more effective, whether they are operating in islands or offshore; and, third, with inquiring into ways the international legal system might be improved. Reisman identifies the individual as the ultimate actor in international law and explores the dilemmas of meaningful individual commitment to a world order of human dignity amidst interlocking communities and overlapping loyalties.

The Epic of Humanity, Or, the Quest of the Ideal

The Epic of Humanity, Or, the Quest of the Ideal
Author: Apologist
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781021250940

In this thought-provoking work, the anonymous author, known only as the Apologist, explores the great questions of human existence, from the nature of good and evil to the meaning of life itself. Through vivid stories and engaging anecdotes, the Apologist challenges readers to think deeply about their place in the universe, and to consider the path towards a more perfect and harmonious world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.