Beyond Humanism

The Flourishing of Life, Self and Other

By: Bart Nooteboom

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Hardcover | 22 May 2012 | Edition Number 1

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This book seeks to set humanism on a new footing. No longer Enlightenment intuitions of an autonomous, disconnected, and rational self but a philosophy oriented towards the relationship between self and other. With this, it seeks to provide an escape from present egotism and narcissism in society. It discusses altruism as well as its limitations.

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
What's wrong?	p. 1
Which humanism?	p. 3
Which transcendence?	p. 4
Philosophical roots	p. 7
The rise and fall of the self	p. 9
Depersonalization	p. 13
Religion?	p. 16
Where to go?	p. 18
The purpose of this book	p. 20
Philosophy	p. 24
The contents of this book	p. 26
Which Avenues?	p. 31
Which God?	p. 31
Beyond godservice	p. 34
Beyond the Enlightenment	p. 38
Rationalism	p. 43
Collective irrationality	p. 47
Universalism	p. 48
Beyond nationalism	p. 52
Culture	p. 55
Naturalism without reductionism	p. 58
Evolution	p. 61
Philosophy	p. 64
The History of the Self	p. 68
The march to the disengaged self	p. 69
The stumbling of benevolence	p. 74
FreeWill?	p. 78
Good, evil and free will	p. 78
The dualism of good and evil	p. 80
Forms of freedom	p. 83
Freedom of the will?	p. 86
Cognition	p. 87
Levels of freedom	p. 90
Freedom from others	p. 92
Self-interest and altruism	p. 93
Interests and motives	p. 97
Embodied Cognition	p. 100
Embodied cognition	p. 100
Embodiment and interaction	p. 104
Development	p. 107
How does it work?	p. 110
Evolution	p. 113
Formation of the self	p. 114
A logic of discovery	p. 118
Is this evolution?	p. 123
Language	p. 125
Language as obstacle	p. 127
Ontology	p. 129
Can we say no?	p. 132
Universals and individuals	p. 134
Sense and reference	p. 136
Pragmatics	p. 138
The evolution of language	p. 141
Change of meaning	p. 143
Nietzsche: The Flourishing of Life	p. 146
Understanding Nietzsche	p. 147
Nietzsche's insights	p. 152
Criticism	p. 156
Levinas: Philosophy of the Other	p. 162
Issues	p. 164
Elaboration	p. 166
Development	p. 171
Speech	p. 172
Nietzsche and Levinas	p. 176
Discussion	p. 178
Otherhumanism	p. 185
Arguments for otherhumanism	p. 185
The good life	p. 189
Difference	p. 197
Trust	p. 200
Social psychology	p. 203
Third parties	p. 206
How Viable Is Otherhumanism?	p. 209
Appeal	p. 210
Power	p. 214
Pluralism	p. 217
Evolution	p. 218
Culture	p. 220
Development	p. 223
How far does the art of trust go?	p. 225
Summary	p. 229
The crunch	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 233
Index of Names	p. 241
Index of Subjects	p. 244
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