Towards a New Enlightenment

The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities

by Markus GabrielChristoph HornAnna KatsmanWilhelm KrullAnna Luisa LippoldCorine PelluchonIngo Venzke

What role can the humanities play in shaping our common future? What are the values that guide us in the 21st century? How can we unleash the potential the humanities offer in a time of multiple crises? This volume tackles some of these fundamental questions, acknowledging and developing the changing role of academic discourse in a turbulent world. This timely book argues that the humanities engender conceptual tools that are capable of reconciling theory and practice. In a bold move, we call for the humanities to reach beyond the confines of universities and engage in the most urgent debates facing humanity today – in a multidisciplinary, transformative, and constructive way. This is a blueprint for how societal change can be inclusive and equitable for the good of humans and non-humans alike.

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-3-8394-6570-7
  • issn
    2751-9619
  • publisher
    transcript Verlag
  • publisher place
    Bielefeld, Germany
  • rights holder
    © Markus Gabriel, Christoph Horn, Anna Katsman, Wilhelm Krull, Anna Luisa Lippold, Corine Pelluchon, Ingo Venzke
  • doi