Humanization - a concept that is happening, in fact, from the Latin name of person - «human».Thus, the term literally translates as "humanization".And the fact that it applies to any actions and processes, we shall now see.
birth of humanism
This concept was born in the days of the Renaissance.Centuries of medieval scholasticism and Christian dogma dictated that the best interests of the person must be a religion.All aspirations certainly had to be linked to the prayers of divine forgiveness and purification of man before God.Literature, art and all other arts industry for a long time been subordinated exclusively church.Moreover, she obey all spheres of human life.Dictated by the interests of the Church of the Crusades and European revolutions, the interpretation of the history and laws of the world.The life of kings and peasants determined by religious leaders for centuries managed social life in Europe.In such circumstances, a person regarded as insignificant, insignificant speck in the world.Church cared much more global issues of world order, against which the simple earthly pleasures were insignificant.Moreover, they are often contrary to church dogma and is unlawful.With the revival of prominent European artists such as Boccaccio, Petrarch, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas More and others, returned interest not only in antiquity, but also to the man himself, his body and personality.Lush color blossomed sculpture and art, depicts a man in all of its advantages and disadvantages.Thus, humanization - a growing interest in the man and his personality.At the same time, the era gives rise to new philosophical, socio-political and economic course.The great geographical discoveries, the crisis of feudalism, the primitive accumulation of capital and the complexity of social stratification of society leads to the emergence of the ideas related to the rights of each individual.In this regard, the humanization - is a new formulation of the interests of a particular person to the highest goal, the priority before any other.Thus was born the individual rights to life, liberty and private property.Eligibility power and the ability to be elected, and so on.This process has made the human person the highest value and priority.
Humanism and other civilizations
attentive reader probably already thought: why humanity was not born there, where there was no such strict dogmas as in Christianity?Company with less stringent regulation of life, of course, were.However, humanization - all the European creation.First of all, because the concept of the value of one particular person was born here.Individualism as an integral feature of humanism never existed neither in China nor in the Arab world, nor among the civilizations of Mesoamerica.And he came to the continent from colonialism only.However, as to whether he's caught, sociologists and historians argue today.
Current state
With the development of social relations and social thought of humanism as the study progressed further and more enveloped our civilization.In today's world the humanization - is improvement in all spheres of activity with maximum safety for the people involved in it.Safety again, not only for life and health, but also for individual rights.Thus, humanization of work involves improving the management of employment.The aim of this process is to give the employee as much as possible opportunities for realizing their potential.At the same time, it must ensure the safety of the labor process, fair distribution of activities and democratic management.In turn, the humanization of criminal legislation - it is a long process that experts are studying and which is to mitigate the punishment, based on the assumption the idea that the offender has certain rights and can be re softer methods.An example is the abolition of the death penalty in many countries of the world.