Dignity in the 21st century : Middle East and West /: Middle East and West. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Doris Schroeder, Abol-Hassan Bani-Sadr.
• Authors: Schroeder, Doris, 1963-; Banī Ṣadr, Abū al-Ḥasan
• Contents: 1. The quest for dignity -- 2. Dignity in the West -- Introduction -- Dignity's omnipresence -- A very short history of dignity -- Disambiguating the main concepts of dignity -- Teseting and critiquing the taxonomy of dignity -- A common core of dignity building blocks? -- Concluding on the dignity riddles -- 3. Dignity in the Middle East -- Islam: a brief overview of a world religion -- Introduction to dignity in the Koran -- Dignity and power -- Dignity and freedom -- How dignity becomes realisable -- 4. Middle East and West: can common ground be found? -- Dignity: a fictional dialogue.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 179/.9; Philosophy; Dignity; Dignity -- Religious aspects; Islam; Dignity; Dignity -- Religious aspects; Islam; Philosophy; Religion -- Islam -- General; Philosophy -- Eastern; Language Arts & Disciplines -- General; Law -- Reference; Political Science -- History & Theory; Islam; Non-Western philosophy; Humanities; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Political science & theory; Ethics; Philosophy, Asian; Political theory; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Ethics & moral philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319580203; 3319580205
• Related ISBNs: 9783319580197; 3319580191
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource, title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 19, 2018).
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