Humane societies
Subtitle: papers from the 30th anniversary symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
By: edited by Janet McCalman.
Contributors: McCalman, Janet, 1948-
Series: Occasional paper ;; 22; Occasional paper (Australian Academy of the Humanities) ;; no. 22.
Publisher: The Academy
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Social ethics -- Congresses.; Humanities -- Congresses.; Civilization -- Congresses.; Violence -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Humane societies / Janet McCalman; title: Through a cultural lens: the humane and the absolutist-relativist dilemma / Robert Tonkinson; title: Universal regard for the particular: resources of the Catholic tradition for building a humane society / Andrew Hamilton; title: Intimacy with postcolonial violence: notes from Indonesia / Ariel Heryanto; title: Dignity, equality and the humane international society / John Fitzgerald; title: Violence and benevolence: can one "design" for a humane society? / Moira Gatens; title: Australian Academy of Humanities anniversary lecture: Decency and justice, voices from Australian margins / Mark Peel.