num_pages: 160
description: Definitions of humanism as educational movement, philosophical concept or existential ‘life stance’ have evolved over the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of cultural and political purposes and contexts, and reactions against humanism have contributed to movements such as structuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism. Tony Davies offers a clear introduction to the many uses of this influential yet complex concept, and this second edition extends his discussion to 
language: English
title: Humanism
titlecomplete: Humanism (The New Critical Idiom)
genres: Literary Criticism, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Cultural
ratings_count: 81
series: New Critical Idiom
publisher: Routledge