Category: Humanism

Humanism: Personhood should Only be Understood from a Positivist Position Personhood is a very controversial and complex topic that academics and jurists have different views on. Commonly, personhood can be understood from three main positions: positivism, humanism and liberalism. In this essay, I will explore the positivist position and the inherent flaws in its definition…

Behaviourism and Humanism as Psychological Learning Theories Learning theories date as far back as 500 BC (Bates, 2016, p.3), which shows the continued importance of these throughout the years, and how it is essential for teachers and educators to be aware of these for effective teaching. Therefore, the focus of this essay is around the…

Is Post Human Fashion Having Socially Stable or Problem Free Relation with Society? The Post humanism is theory which focus on transgressing and erasing the hierarchical boundaries between the humans, animals , technology, machinery or organic or non organic (Vanska, 2018).This post humanism has found its way in todays fashion world, and has led to…

Humanism and Urban Planning The development of humanism has had arguably the greatest contributor to modern urban city development. Humanism established itself over a two-hundred-year period as a response to several monumental moments in human history, post modernity. Humanism can be sub-divided into the Humanist, Enlightenment and Capitalist phase respectively. These three phases developed separately…

Humanism in Select Post War English Novels As Literature is a part of mans social and aesthetic experience, it always shows concern for humanism in its multiple forms. Different writers express humanistic thoughts in their works on the basis of their understanding and experience. Their understanding of humanism finds expression in their writings in different…

Crucial Ideas of Humanism in Renaissance Era The Renaissance was the era, where it undergoes a change in human perception. The change was identified from a new philosophy, which involved the rise of humanism, individualism, and secularism. As philosopher focused on humanism, they concentrated on the idea where humans were significant to the world. The…

The Differences Between Religious And Non-Religious Ideologies There are three ideologies under religious which are reveal and preserve, reveal but interpolated and not reveal but based on human wisdom. However, there are many ideologies under non-religious. For example, scientism, rationalism, humanism, agnosticism, atheism, materialism and etc. RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGIES Religion usually describes the belief in a…

Architecture in the Terms of The Philosophy of Humanism Throughout history, many factors influenced the way western architecture developed. The most powerful movement in classical architecture was humanism during the early renaissance. The philosophy of humanism generally speaking is centered on the values, interests, and potential of the human being. Humanism influenced the western civilization…

The Aspects of Liberal Humanism Liberal humanism is one of the earliest literary theory. It is the traditional approach of literary criticism which did not appear suddenly. The concept of liberal humanism come to site as a piecemeal of progressing English literature. The history of English study influenced liberal humanism. However, English was not introduced…

Theoretical Approaches In Psychology This essay will explore three psychological approaches. Further comparison and contrast made from assumptions about human behaviour from the selected three approaches will be deeply discussed throughout the whole essay. Modern psychology branches out into several approaches that are currently used nowadays. In psychology, an approach is a point of view…