Instrumental Humanism-Analyzing Modern Systems With Modernism, Writing Human Limits With Humanism: Modernism is no longer a philosophy. It is an instrument. - Couverture souple

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LEE, JOSEPH

 
9798243475990: Instrumental Humanism-Analyzing Modern Systems With Modernism, Writing Human Limits With Humanism: Modernism is no longer a philosophy. It is an instrument.

Synopsis

Instrumental Humanism is not a book about kindness, morality, or ideals.

It is a structural declaration.

This book argues that modern systems do not fail humans by accident.
They fail humans by design—by externalizing cost, normalizing sacrifice, and redefining collapse as personal weakness.

Rather than proposing another ethical appeal, Instrumental Humanism introduces a framework in which human dignity is treated as a non-negotiable structural constraint, not a moral suggestion.

Drawing from system analysis, institutional design, disability-first logic, and failure mechanics, the book introduces:

  • Structural Failure Analysis (SFA) — a method for identifying failure as system output

  • Human Tolerance Band (HTB) — the measurable limits of sustainable human participation

  • Failure Normalization and Cost Externalization as core design mechanisms

  • Instrumental Humanism (IH) as a post-modern framework for redesigning systems without sacrifice

This is not a manifesto of hope.
It is a refusal to design systems that require heroism to survive.

Written for readers who work with systems—policy designers, researchers, administrators, engineers, and institutional critics—this book functions as both a declaration and a reference document.

It is meant to be cited, not consumed.

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