BOOK LAUNCH
 
FOR HUMANISM:
Explorations in Theory and Politics
 
Edited by David Alderson and Robert Spencer
 
Wednesday March 29th  6.00pm
Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H OPD
Refreshments Provided
 
David Alderson (Manchester University) and Robert Spencer (Manchester University) will introduce and discuss their book, which includes contributions from Barbara Epstein and Kevin Anderson. 
 
The term “theory” has become virtually synonymous with anti-humanism, especially in its connection with politics. This new collection charts the history of the emergence of that equivalence as well as the alternatives to it that have often been occluded. It argues powerfully for the recovery of the humanist traditions that have defined the left in the past, and for their revitalization in the future if we are to confront and shape a world that appears disturbingly out of control.
 
For Humanism is published by Pluto Press as part of the Marxism and Culture series, edited by Professor Esther Leslie (Birkbeck University) and Professor Mike Wayne (Brunel University).  
 
‘A major intervention into contemporary discussions about the resources of political hope, For Humanism insists upon the continuing radicalism of humanism as both a critical philosophy and a moral-political template. Each of the chapters combines scholarly rigour with passionate political commitment.’
 
Neil Lazarus, Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick.
 
 
Apologies for cross-posting.


Dr Deirdre O 'Neill
Lecturer in Film and TV
Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications

Teaser trailer for The Acting Class, a feature length documentary film directed by Deirdre O'Neill and Mike Wayne -coming soon http://theactingclass.info/


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