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11 September 2017
- 08:5208:52, 11 September 2017 diff hist +2,006 N Internationalism Created page with "I. and the various internationalist doctrines recognize important distinctions among themselves, involving on occasion positions irreconcilably opposed, as in the case of the..." current
- 08:5008:50, 11 September 2017 diff hist +1,029 N Intention Created page with "A complex concept that reflects the unity and interaction of the various processes that predetermine a given practical behavior of the human being. I. comprises a chain of eve..." current
- 08:4908:49, 11 September 2017 diff hist +717 N Innovation Created page with "Action and effect of changing or altering things and ideas or images, introducing something new. Process of introducing new products and technologies into the economic system,..." current
- 08:4808:48, 11 September 2017 diff hist +672 N Internal landscape Created page with "Configuration of reality that corresponds with the perception of the internal senses, weighted by memory data of and the intentional posture of the consciousness, which varies..." current
- 08:4608:46, 11 September 2017 diff hist +1,144 N Initiative Created page with "(from L. initiare, to begin). Manifestation of the social activity of human beings when they take it upon themselves to make a decision that involves their personal participat..." current
- 08:4608:46, 11 September 2017 diff hist +1,311 N Individualism Created page with "(from L. individuus, individual, indivisible). A moral position that places the highest absolute priority on the personal, private interest over interpersonal, collective, or..." current
- 08:4408:44, 11 September 2017 diff hist +1,495 N Imperialism Created page with "The policies of a State that tends to place foreign populations and states under its political, economic, or military control. In this sense, political annexation is the clear..." current
- 08:4308:43, 11 September 2017 diff hist +1,732 N Immigration Created page with "(from L. im, into, variant of in, and migrare, to move). Act of arriving in a country in order to take up residence in it. This step is taken for objectives that may be person..." current
- 08:4108:41, 11 September 2017 diff hist +3,065 N Idealism Created page with "Platonism and neo-Platonism are frequently referred to as idealist philosophies, but given that, from the perspective of the theory of universals these philosophers are consid..."
9 September 2017
- 20:5320:53, 9 September 2017 diff hist +1,273 N Humanity Created page with "(from L. humanitas: human genre) Sensitivity, compassion for the misfortunes of our fellow humans; benignancy, gentleness, affability. In a broad sense, h. encompasses all ge..."
- 20:5120:51, 9 September 2017 diff hist +465 N Humanitarianism Created page with "Practical activity aimed at solving specific problems of individuals and human groups. H. does not attempt to modify the structures of power, but frequently contributes to sha..."
- 20:4720:47, 9 September 2017 diff hist +218 N Humanist Created page with "1) In a broad sense, any person who manifests a humanist attitude (*). 2) In a more restricted sense, any person who participates in the activity of the Humanist Movement (*)...."
- 20:4420:44, 9 September 2017 diff hist +983 N Humanist, Related Words Created page with "The word “umanista,” which designated a specific type of scholar, came into use in Italy in 1538. Concerning this point we refer the reader to the observations of Augusto..." current
- 20:4220:42, 9 September 2017 diff hist +23,548 N Humanist Statement or Statement of new Humanism Created page with "Presented at the second Humanist International (*) and the first Humanist Forum (*) on October 7–8, 1993 in Moscow, this statement constitutes the basis of the ideas of New..."
- 20:3720:37, 9 September 2017 diff hist +662 N Humanist movement Created page with "Refers to the people who participate in the proposals of New Humanism (*). These proposals are outlined in broad terms in the Statement of the H.M. (*Humanist Statement). The..."
- 20:3420:34, 9 September 2017 diff hist +3,569 N Humanist moment Created page with "Historical situation in which a younger generation struggles against the generation in power in order to modify the dominant anti-humanist framework. Such a period is often id..."
- 20:3220:32, 9 September 2017 diff hist +488 N Humanist manifesto II Created page with "Published in 1974 and signed by numerous authors and others, among them B.F. Skinner, Jacques Monod and Andrei Sakharov. The author, Corliss Lamont, serves as nexus between Ma..." current
- 20:3120:31, 9 September 2017 diff hist +306 N Humanist manifesto I Created page with "Published in 1933 and signed by thirty-four well-known authors, among them John Dewey. Written with a strong naturalist tone. In this as in the later Humanist Manifesto II, th..." current
- 20:3020:30, 9 September 2017 diff hist +651 N Humanist international Created page with "Convergence of various national humanist parties into an organization without authority concerning the tactics of each individual member. The First H.I. was held in Florence,..."
- 20:2920:29, 9 September 2017 diff hist +736 N Humanist forum Created page with "Open forum of N.H. in which organizations and individuals participate to exchange contributions and experiences based on their interests, generally formalized in the following..."
- 20:2720:27, 9 September 2017 diff hist +877 N Humanist attitude Created page with "The h.a. existed long before words such as “humanism,” “humanist,” and others like them had been coined. The following positions are common to humanists of all culture..."
8 September 2017
- 12:5912:59, 8 September 2017 diff hist +430 N Humanist clubs Created page with "Informal, decentralized, nonpartisan organizations that promote both development of and open discourse regarding the proposals of N.H. in specific fields corresponding to the..."
- 12:5712:57, 8 September 2017 diff hist +380 N Humanism Created page with "1) Practice and/or theory of New Humanism (*). 2) Every position that supports the values defined by the humanist attitude (*). 3) Any activity that is in practice committed t..."
- 12:5512:55, 8 September 2017 diff hist +303 N Human landscape Created page with "Configuration of human reality based on the perception of the-other, of society and of objects produced with intentional meaning. The h.l. is not simple object perception, but..." current
- 12:5212:52, 8 September 2017 diff hist +965 N Historiology Created page with "Science of historical interpretation. H. establishes the prior conditions within which all interpretation of the temporal event takes place. It therefore deals with a prior co..."
- 12:5012:50, 8 September 2017 diff hist +869 N Historical moment Created page with "Every social situation finds itself in a determined h.m. wherein diverse generations coexist. An h.m. is differentiated from another when a rupturist generation disputes the p..."
- 12:4812:48, 8 September 2017 diff hist +2,302 N Historical Humanism condition of Created page with "HISTORICAL HUMANISM, conditions of From the temporal and physical points of view, the medieval pre-humanist European world was a closed environment which tended to deny the im..."
- 12:4712:47, 8 September 2017 diff hist +1,862 N Historical Humanism developing of Created page with "HISTORICAL HUMANISM, development of Only one hundred years after Petrarch (1304-1374), knowledge of the classics was ten times greater than it had been during the entire previ..."
- 12:4412:44, 8 September 2017 diff hist +1,325 N Historical Humanism Created page with "In the Western academic world it is customary to label as “humanism” the process of cultural transformation that, beginning in Italy, especially Florence, between the end..." current
- 12:4212:42, 8 September 2017 diff hist +341 N Hierarchy Created page with "(LL. hierarchia; Gr. hierarchia). Order or rank of persons or things; each of the nuclei or groupings that make up any ranking system. In information science, h. is understood..." current
- 12:4012:40, 8 September 2017 diff hist +1,592 N Grassroots social organizzations Created page with "Organizations that arise through the initiative of residents and neighbors of communities, ghettos and poor neighborhoods of larger cities, towns, other residential areas and..." current
- 12:3012:30, 8 September 2017 diff hist +895 N Golden rule Created page with "A moral principle found among a wide diversity of peoples, which expresses the humanist attitude (*). Following are examples of the various ways it has been expressed. Rabbi H..."
- 12:2912:29, 8 September 2017 diff hist +1,523 N Global problem Created page with "(*planetarization) Refers to the complex of problems currently affecting all inhabitants of the Earth. Of interest to all peoples, and their solution demands coordinated acti..."
- 12:2812:28, 8 September 2017 diff hist +2,710 N Generations Created page with "As social production develops, the human horizon expands, but the mere existence of social objects does not guarantee the continuity of this process. For N.H., continuity is a..."
- 12:2612:26, 8 September 2017 diff hist +804 N Gandhism Created page with "Doctrine and social movement whose founder and leader was the Indian thinker and political figure Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948). In..." current
- 12:2512:25, 8 September 2017 diff hist +974 N Game Created page with "(From OE. gamenian, to play) Recreational activity without utilitarian purpose that gives human beings physiological satisfaction from childhood on and that develops skills by..." current
- 12:2312:23, 8 September 2017 diff hist +1,540 N Fraternity Created page with "From Gr. phratria, and from it LL. fraternitas, a brotherhood). Term for the brotherly love that unites all members of the human family. Such love is the tendency of human bei..."
- 12:2212:22, 8 September 2017 diff hist +4,251 N Feudalism Created page with "(From LL. feudum, fief). Based on the territorial grant a vassal received from a lord in exchange for military service. The origin of this institution in the Roman Empire, in..." current
- 12:2112:21, 8 September 2017 diff hist +66 N Feminism Created page with " (*Women’s issues”) category: Dictionary of New Humanism" current
- 12:2012:20, 8 September 2017 diff hist +3,276 N Fascism Created page with "Nationalistic, authoritarian, anti-communist political concept, the enemy of liberal democracy. Takes its name from the Roman allegory of state authority: a bundle of rods bou..."
- 12:1812:18, 8 September 2017 diff hist +2,348 N Family Created page with "(From L. familiam, immediate kinship; household and servants). Group of individuals who share some common domestic or nuclear condition. In botany and zoology the term f. desi..." current
- 12:1612:16, 8 September 2017 diff hist +959 N Faith Created page with "(From L. fides, faith). A belief (*) that is not based on rational argument. Acceptance of or agreement with words or statements based on the authority or reputation of their..."
7 September 2017
- 20:5420:54, 7 September 2017 diff hist +615 N External landescape Created page with "Configuration of reality corresponding to the perception of the external senses as filtered through the contents of the consciousness. Because the consciousness is an active s..." current
- 20:4920:49, 7 September 2017 diff hist +12,781 N Existensialist Humanism Created page with "A form of philosophical humanism (*). Immediately after the Second World War, the French cultural panorama was dominated by the figure of Sartre and existentialism (*), the cu..."
- 20:3620:36, 7 September 2017 diff hist +4,251 N Existensialism Created page with "(From LL. existentia). One of the most influential philosophical and cultural systems; a particular current of humanist thought that has as its objective the analysis and desc..." current
- 20:3320:33, 7 September 2017 diff hist +1,531 N Evolution Created page with "(From L. evolutionem: action and effect of evolving). The gradual and natural self-development of systems – social and organic – excluding abrupt or sudden transformations..."
- 20:3120:31, 7 September 2017 diff hist +1,848 N Equality Created page with "(From L. aequalitatem) Principle that recognizes in all citizens the capacity or possibility for the same rights. Human beings cannot be equal, because each one is a distinct..."
- 20:2620:26, 7 September 2017 diff hist +889 N Environmntalism Created page with "Extension and generalization of ecological concepts, transferring them into the realm of social reality. Emerging in the 1960s from movements advocating the protection of natu..."
- 20:2420:24, 7 September 2017 diff hist +121 N Environment Created page with "Term generally used to designate an integrated structure (*) of living systems. category: Dictionary of New Humanism"
- 20:2020:20, 7 September 2017 diff hist +2,437 N Enlightenment, The Created page with "(From L. lumen, light). Illumination of the understanding with the light of the intellect. In world history, this name, the Age of E. or Century of Light was given to the eigh..." current