The Humanist Project

Is the 21st Century the age when humanism is forced to give way to post- or trans-humanism? Not necessarily, according to Peter Carravetta. This book shows how a series of Italian Renaissance thinkers serve as beacons to guide us through thorny contemporary issues including the nature of responsibility, concepts of society, and the impact of science - and how these thinkers are bound to continue to guide us beyond the 21st century. Carravetta puts humanism, one might say, back in the human. --Robert P. Crease, Stony Brook University In this lively volume, this adept and interesting philosopher employs a set of key texts in the Italian literary and philosophical tradition as a springboard to thinking about meaningful issues in our own day: What is the place of the humanities? How do we discuss and validate the human as a concept and category? Even when one might come to different conclusions, Peter Carravetta is always worth reading. --Chris Celenza, Johns Hopkins University