In the Name of Humanity: Reflections on the Twentieth Century

by Alain Finkielkraut

Book Overview

The notion that all the world's peoples constitute a "brotherhood of man" is not a given among all human beings--it is rather the product of history. So suggests acclaimed philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in In the Name of Humanity, an unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which he asks us to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110200
• ISBN13: 9780231110204
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher