Humanism: Basic concepts

Humanism is a cultural movement, an educational program, an era, a tradition, a worldview, a form of practical philosophy, and a political stance that advocates for the enforcement of human rights and humanitarian practices. The compendium captures the simple and general terms in their context and illustrates their usefulness for understanding current issues in medicine, ethics, economics, law, and politics. The volume includes a systematic section and a section with fundamental concepts. The various directions and institutions of the humanist movement throughout history and in the present are outlined, as well as the new fields and tasks that arise for humanism research due to the development of modern medicine, human rights policy, gender studies, the digital revolution, and globalization.