Jörn Rüsen is Senior Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities) at Essen, Germany. He specialises in the theory and didactics of history and intercultural humanism. His recent books include History: Narration, Interpretation, Orientation (2005) and Evidence and Meaning: A Theory of Historical Studies (2017).

• Introduction 1. What is Humanism? 2. Classical Humanism – a Historical Survey 3. Intercultural Humanism – How to Perform the Humanities in the Era of Globalization 4. Towards a New Idea of Humankind – Unity and Difference of Cultures in the Crossroads of Our Time 5. Historizing Humanity – Some Theoretical Considerations on Contextualization and Understanding with an Outlook on the Idea of Humanity 6. Humanism: Anthropology – Axial Times – Modernities 7. Humanism in Response to the Holocaust – Destruction or Innovation? 8. Humanism and Nature – Some Reflections on a Complex Relationship

Jörn Rüsen is Senior Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities) at Essen, Germany. He specialises in the theory and didactics of history and intercultural humanism. His recent books include History: Narration, Interpretation, Orientation (2005) and Evidence and Meaning: A Theory of Historical Studies (2017).

• Introduction 1. What is Humanism? 2. Classical Humanism – a Historical Survey 3. Intercultural Humanism – How to Perform the Humanities in the Era of Globalization 4. Towards a New Idea of Humankind – Unity and Difference of Cultures in the Crossroads of Our Time 5. Historizing Humanity – Some Theoretical Considerations on Contextualization and Understanding with an Outlook on the Idea of Humanity 6. Humanism: Anthropology – Axial Times – Modernities 7. Humanism in Response to the Holocaust – Destruction or Innovation? 8. Humanism and Nature – Some Reflections on a Complex Relationship

Jörn Rüsen is Senior Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities) at Essen, Germany. He specialises in the theory and didactics of history and intercultural humanism. His recent books include History: Narration, Interpretation, Orientation (2005) and Evidence and Meaning: A Theory of Historical Studies (2017).

• Introduction 1. What is Humanism? 2. Classical Humanism – a Historical Survey 3. Intercultural Humanism – How to Perform the Humanities in the Era of Globalization 4. Towards a New Idea of Humankind – Unity and Difference of Cultures in the Crossroads of Our Time 5. Historizing Humanity – Some Theoretical Considerations on Contextualization and Understanding with an Outlook on the Idea of Humanity 6. Humanism: Anthropology – Axial Times – Modernities 7. Humanism in Response to the Holocaust – Destruction or Innovation? 8. Humanism and Nature – Some Reflections on a Complex Relationship