Modernism vs Humanism - What's the difference?
modernism | humanism |
(uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
(countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century
a religious movement in the early 20th century that tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy
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.
As nouns the difference between modernism and humanism
is that modernism is modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc while humanism is the study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.modernism
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(wikipedia modernism)Noun
Derived terms
* modernist * postmodernism English words suffixed with -ism ----humanism
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(wikipedia humanism)Noun
(en-noun)- There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.