Embodied Humanism: Toward Solidarity and Sensuous Enjoyment

Embodied Humanism: Toward Solidarity and Sensuous Enjoyment explores how enjoyment is political and unites old and emerging struggles for social peace, need-satisfaction, voice, and democratic power. It argues for a more comprehensive universal humanist ethic that secures the social conditions in which our capacities for receptive openness and delight are satisfied.

Format: Hardback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

There exist numerous perspectives on the question of why life is worth living, all of which assume that a good life is one that is filled with sensual pleasures. In those precious moments when we indulge in the taste of delicious food and drink, bask in the tranquility of peaceful connections with friends, or simply relax, allowing the breathtaking beauty of nature and human creations to unfold before us, time seems to stand still. Embodied Humanism: Toward Solidarity and Sensuous Enjoyment delves into the ways in which enjoyment can also be politically significant. Throughout history, political struggles have been a testament to the fight against silencing, hunger, and violent domination, as well as the pursuit of social peace, need satisfaction, voice, and democratic power. By tracing the values of embodied humanism across different cultures and identities, the book seeks to establish a more comprehensive universal humanist ethic that can unite past and present struggles. Ultimately, Jeff Noonan argues that these struggles can be directed towards creating institutional structures and individual dispositions that will ensure the social conditions necessary for our capacities for receptive openness and delight to be fully satisfied for all individuals.

Weight: 531g
Dimension: 239 x 159 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793636942