تلخیص
The present study attempts to investigate the term humanism in its denotative as well as connotative meanings. Derived from the Latin and Greek roots the term in the beginning was known with different names such as humanus, homo, genus humanum, humanitas, studia humanitatis, and humanitas. It has also been comprehended in opposing categories as homo humanus and homo barbarous and this opposition, interestingly, is still alive today. Humane, humanitarian, and humanities are some other derivations of the term. In all its multifarious derivational roots, definitional and referential senses, it seems to be a study of man in relation to society but with individual supremacy foremost. This ism has, thus, a reduced or no role of religion in the affairs of human beings. Humanism, from its historical roots to the age one is living in, has been but a contested terminology because of a wide variety of meanings it has acquired over a period of time. Despite being a contested terrain human interest in this ism has not yet waned, rather it seems to be resurging because of the ceaseless heterogeneity of modern life.
Muhammad Arif Khan. (2019) Exploring Perspectives of Humanism , The Dialogue, Volume 14, Issue 1.
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