I can't wait to read this in English. I don't have the full story of the intellectual provenance of secular humanism, but it is a highly ambiguous and pliable ideology, a fact has its good and bad points. We've heard the new brand name "new atheists" but I haven't heard of a new humanism. Perhaps the germanophone environment is not as sterile as ours?
At 06:48 PM 4/10/2008, Jim Farmelant wrote: > >On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:13:42 -0400 "Charles Brown" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jim sent a link to his article to the list, I believe. > > By the way, one of the references in the article is a link to one > > of > > Ralph Dumain's discussions. > >So far, it is only the German version that is >avalable online. It can be downloaded at: >www.gkpn.de/Farmelant_Atheismus.pdf > >It was recently published in the German >freethough/humanist journal >Aufklärung und Kritik. I have >been trying to get it published in >English in the US. > >Jim F. > > > > > CB > > > > >>> Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/09/2008 5:53 PM > > >>> > > What exactly did I miss? I don't recall a discussion on a "new > > atheism" or "new humanism". > > > > I did, coincidentally, however, just discover an interesting book: > > > > ><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1591022711/qid=1098303392/ >sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9073427-1876931?v=glance&s=books>Toward > > > > a New Political Humanism, edited by Barry F. Seidman and Neil > > J.Murphy. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. > > <http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007252.html>Contents. > > > > See also web sites for <http://barryfseidman.com/>Barry F. Seidman > > and <http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/>Equal Time for > > Freethought. > > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
