Discussions on Economics, Philosophy and Politics with Professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger.Read more here:
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Religion of Humanity
The “religion of humanity” that makes up the historical aspiration of the Left begins with the premise that we possess an infinite capacity within us to transcend the forms of the world we inhabit:
The religion of humanity presents the self as transcendent over context: incapable of being contained within any limited mental or social structure. Not satisfied occasionally to rebel, it wants to fashion a principle that makes rebellion permanent, and renders it internal to social life, in the form of ongoing experimental remaking.
In the fifth part of my eight part series, I address the second of three major orientations in the spiritual history of humanity: the humanization of the world.
What we have is one another. Solidarity stands in the place of metaphysics. Nature is indifferent to our concerns. The sacred is our experience of personality and interpersonal encounter. Our best hope is to build a civilization, established on the basis of the obligations we owe each other, by virtue of the roles that we perform.
The most important instance of the humanization of the world is the teaching of Confucius and the tradition of Confucianism…
