Humanism vs Anthropocentrism - What's the difference?
humanism | anthropocentrism |
The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
(historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to Classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 575:
An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.
Humanitarianism, philanthropy.
A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.
As nouns the difference between humanism and anthropocentrism
is that humanism is the study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship while anthropocentrism is a viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.humanism
English
(wikipedia humanism)Noun
(en-noun)- There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.