BRINGING THE HUMAN TO “HUMANISM”

FREEING HUMANISM AND SOCIETY FROM THE MYTHS OF THE “ENLIGHTENMENT”

Authors

  • Luis A. Vila-Henninger Seattle University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v14.1

Keywords:

Humanism

Abstract

An argument for an updated definition of 'human being'.

Author Biography

  • Luis A. Vila-Henninger, Seattle University

    Luis Vila-Henninger is a 20-year-old student of Sociology and Philosophy at Seattle University. He finished the Honors Program at SU last year, and in the process studied under and was greatly influenced by Continental Philosophy Scholar Dr. James Risser and Symbolic nteractionist Sociology Scholar Dr. Jodi O'Brien. His academic interests are humanistic philosophy and its applications in the process of deconstructing the unhumanistic dominant western paradigm and the construction of a new, humanistic paradigm and societal institutions.

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Rowan, John (1998). “Maslow amended,” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 38(1), 81-92.

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Published

2013-10-07

Issue

Vol. 14 (2006)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Vila-Henninger, L. A. (2013). BRINGING THE HUMAN TO “HUMANISM”: FREEING HUMANISM AND SOCIETY FROM THE MYTHS OF THE “ENLIGHTENMENT”. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 14(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v14.1