Visions of Humanity

<p> This book offers a critical reflection of the historical genesis transformation and <em>problématique </em>of humanity in the transatlantic world with a particular eye on cultural representations. Humanity the essays show was consistently embedded in networks of actors and cultural practices and its meanings have evolved in step with historical processes such as globalization cultural imperialism the transnationalization of activism and the spread of racism and nationalism. Visions of Humanity applies a historical lens on objects sounds and actors to provide a more nuanced understanding of the historical tensions and struggles involved in constructing invoking and instrumentalizing the we of humanity.</p>