anti-humanism
noun[U]
social sciencespecialized(alsoantihumanism)uk/ˌæn.tiˈhjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈhjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm//ˌæn.t̬iˈjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm//ˌæn.taɪˈhjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm//ˌæn.taɪˈjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm/oppositionto theideathatpeoplecan make goodchoicesand thattheirspiritualandemotionalneedscan besatisfiedwithoutgodorreligion:
Hisbleakanti-humanism maystrikeachordwith some of hisreaders.
thefundamentaldividesbetweenoptimismandpessimism,humanismand antihumanism
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- This is animportantpartof the author's anti-humanism: the need todistrustthehumanapprehensionof theworld.
- Ittakeswilfulanti-humanism toinsistthat themindsthatcreatedpoetryandmusic, andsentpeopleto themoon, are notsuperiortoonesthat are onlyemployedtoeat,hunt,play, andreproduce.
Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrism
- essentialism
- existential
- existentialism
- existentialist
- expressionism
- notional
- ontological
- ontology
- Parkinson's law
- phenomenologist
- superorganic
- syllogism
- syllogistic
- symbolism
- tabula rasa
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