Modern America pays little attention to humanists’ contributions to Western culture and the advancement of world civilization. Throughout history, humanism has explored the potential value and ...

In times of philosophical/cultural/political/racial/ethnic/gender — you name it — discord and division like we experience today, it is more important than ever to ...

The modern use of the term arose, on the other hand, as a result of the theory of evolution, and it is chiefly employed by those who feel some temperamental repugnance to the nineteenth century’s ...

Near the start of her account of humanism, Sarah Bakewell draws an important distinction. Anti-humanists, she writes, despise the material world and seek either to escape it using religion or remake ...

A visiting researcher in Georgetown University’s justice and peace studies (JUPS) program defended humanism, a philosophical movement emphasizing common human needs, as a tool for addressing global ...

In “Humanly Possible,” Bakewell brings her signature blend of wit and philosophical sophistication to the complex, sometimes contentious 700-year history of humanist thought. By Jennifer Schuessler ...