European Comparative Literature as Humanism

European Comparative Literature as Humanism

In his article "European epistemological reflection on comparative l between different forms of knowledge. the "humanities" replaced that of the humanist concept of knowledge linked to ethics. about the nature of knowledge and on the debate rational forms of knowledge. The idéologues and Humboldt were at the heart of this epistemological debate already been related to the question of humanism i...

Comparative Literature as Textual Anthropology

In his article, "Comparative Literature as Textual Anthropology," Antony Tatlow proposes textual anthropology as a critic's approach in the comparative study of literature. If anthropology is "behavioural hermeneutics" (Clifford Geertz) with the implication of self-reflexivity, the anthropologist will be disposed to fashion in the object of attention what is neglected and that can therefore be ...

BODY WORLDS as education and humanism.

The renewal of humanism in European psychotherapy: developments and applications.

In Europe, humanistic psychotherapy is becoming increasingly widespread. Not only are the explicitly "humanistic" psychotherapies being robustly used, they are increasingly being integrated into approaches not traditionally viewed as humanistic. One can therefore observe a progression in the personalization of methodology within European modes of practice. In the past several decades, humanisti...

Humanism as a common factor in psychotherapy.

There are many forms of psychotherapies, each distinctive in its own way. From the origins of psychotherapy, it has been suggested that psychotherapy is effective through factors that are common to all therapies. In this article, I suggest that the commonalities that are at the core of psychotherapy are related to evolved human characteristics, which include (a) making sense of the world, (b) i...