Abstract:

The humanities in modern times are deeply rooted in European humanism, and also connected with the cultureal autonomy of a modern nation -state.It might not be such a straightforwardly imagined thing to realize their radical"globalization".Intellectual globalization cannot simply be under- stood as the expansion of horizons or the promulgation of greater inclusiveness or the insistence upon cultural diversity.Likewise, there is a dilemma between the universality of Western modernity and the modernity appeal of non-Western nation-states in a radical globalizing of the humanities.

Key words: humanism, individual, secularization, Western modernity, non-Western modernity