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The Invention of Humanism and the Reconfiguration of the Concept of Nature in the 19th Century

The Invention of Humanism and the Reconfiguration of the Concept of Nature in the 19th Century

Carbone, Raffaele

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History & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 8869775267
ISBN13: 9788869775260
Publisher: Mimesis
Published: May 15 2026
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English

In the second half of the eighteenth century, in an article by Quesnay that appeared in Éphémérides du citoyen, the word humanism first entered the European philosophical-cultural lexicon with the meaning of general love of humanity. However, it was the nineteenth century that marked a decisive turning point for the concept, thanks to the publication of a work by the philosopher and educationalist Friedrich I. Niethammer, Der Streit des Philanthropinismus und Humanismus in der Theorie des Erziehungs-Unterrichts unsrer Zeit (1808). Nevertheless, it seems significant, if not paradoxical, that in the very century in which the term humanism gained usage in philosophical, pedagogical, and literary contexts, a radically new conception of nature - and, consequently, of the link between man and nature - emerged. This conception called into question, on new foundations, the teleological vision and stylised image of nature as a set of resources and instruments that human beings could exploit for their own fulfilment and for the improvement of their living conditions. To address these issues, the chapters in this volume reconstruct the history of the concept of humanism in the nineteenth century and discuss various aspects of the relationship between humanism and a new (Darwinian) vision of nature that, on a scientific basis, entails a biological decentralisation of the human being.

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