Name: Book Group, Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell
Start: 2024-12-08T13:15:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-08T15:15:00-05:00

A history of humanist thought told through the lives of its major thinkers. In this fascinating, well-organized journey through the evolution of humanism, Bakewell introduces us to the men & women who have resisted religious dogma and fixed ideologies to carve out a way of thinking in which individuals occupy center stage. Humanists are freethinkers, following no predetermined path. They are committed to inquiry and formal education and believe that “the meaning of our lives is to be found in our connections and bonds with others.” Bakewell acknowledges anti-humanism as well—fascists in Italy, blasphemy laws, the contemporary zealots of artificial intelligence—and reflects on the challenges that a turbulent 20th century posed to overcoming injustice through independent thought, moral inquiry, and mutual respect. Throughout, Bakewell frequently reminds us that humanism is always a “work in progress.” Ultimately, “history and the human world are neither stable and good on the one hand, nor hopelessly tragic on the other. They are our own work, so if we want it to proceed well, we have to exert ourselves to make it happen.” A wonderfully learned, gracefully written, and simply enjoyable intellectual history of humanism.
9 copies in library system, location: 171.2 BAK
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