{"product_id":"what-does-it-mean-to-elizabeth-minnich-9781439927823","title":"What Does It Mean to Be Human?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it mean to be human?\u003c\/i\u003e It has long been a tantalizing question for religious figures, scientists, political leaders, artists, and autocrats, among others. Noted philosopher Elizabeth Minnich claims, \"There are no answers to such a question (although we all have favored responses).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat Does It Mean to Be Human?\u003c\/i\u003e, Minnich invites us to reclaim our freedom from the dangerously distorted rationales for supremacism. She explores how the simplest mistakes in responses to \"what does it mean to be human?\" have enabled deadly historical errors, totalizing regimes, colonialisms, genocides, and enslavement. Paying close attention to the languages, logics, and nonsense of authoritative pronouncements, Minnich considers ways of thinking that affect and reflect meaning. She offers a fresh understanding of how mistakenly limited definitions of \"human being\" can be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Does It Mean to Be Human?\u003c\/i\u003e emerges from Minnich's ongoing effort to find, think through, and dissolve past mistakes that keep resurfacing to disastrous effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Minnich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439927820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439927823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Elizabeth Minnich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997666980095,"sku":"9781439927823","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-does-it-mean-to-elizabeth-minnich-9781439927823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}