Progressivism vs Humanism - What's the difference?
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A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society and ultimately the fulfillment of Karl Marx's]] [[Communism, predictions.
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 progressivism and humanism
is that progressivism is a political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society and ultimately the fulfillment of Karl Marx's predictions while humanism is the study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.progressivism
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(wikipedia progressivism)Noun
(en-noun)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.