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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484640503321

Autore

Bhatt S. R (Siddheswar Rameshwar), <1939->

Titolo

Jainism for a new world order / / Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

981-334-041-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIX, 145 p. 3 illus.)

Disciplina

294.4

Soggetti

Jainism

Jainism and politics

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Jain view towards Right Modes of Thinking and Harmonious Ways of living -- Chapter 2. Jain Ethics, Environmental Crises and Remedial Measures -- Chapter 3. Ahimsā as Overriding principle of Jain Ethos -- Chapter 4. Ethics of Knowledge, Value-entropy and Terrorism -- Chapter 5. Anekāntavāda perspective on Harmony of Religions -- Chapter 6. Model of Cultural encounters, confluences and Coexistence -- Chapter 7. Role of Jainism in evolving new Paradigm of Global Economy -- Chapter 8. Onto Perfection.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses global issues holistically and offers pragmatic solutions from a Jainism perspective. Accordingly, it presents a fresh vision of individual development, social transformation and cosmic wellbeing based on the central tenets and practices of Jainism. Through this book, readers learn viable solutions to the current problems of environmental disharmony, economical distress, and religious and cultural conflicts. It deals with religious pluralism and brings to fore the need for harmony of religions and interfaith dialogues. The book is interesting for people from varied walks of life who are looking forward to a world that is established in peace, harmony and wellness. It is of immense value and interest for people from all walks of life to the Jain community to revisit the basic tenets propounded in classical literature.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369906903321

Autore

Harry Beth

Titolo

Childhood Disability, Advocacy, and Inclusion in the Caribbean : A Trinidad and Tobago Case Study / / by Beth Harry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030238582

303023858X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 283 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, , 2945-6622

Disciplina

320.4

371.90972983

Soggetti

America - Politics and government

Economic development

Education and state

American Politics

Development Studies

Education Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Chapter 1 Historical and Cultural Influences on Education Policy and Disability Services -- 2. Chapter 2 The Immortelle: Planting, Nurturing, and Growing -- 3. Chapter 3 Original Parents' Stories: From "Something not right here" to "She's wonderful!" -- 4. Chapter 4 Forty Years Later: Current Parents - From "Something not Right Here to "We Need Systems!" -- 5. Chapter 5 "Trinidad is Nice, Trinidad is a Paradise": Navigating negativity and creating love -- 6. Chapter 6 Sustaining the Immortelle: "You Have to Love What You Do" -- 7. Chapter 7 Building a Community of Advocates: Seeking Unity in Diversity -- 8. Chapter 8 Health and Education: Seeking an Explicit Place on the Agenda -- 9. Chapter 9 Trinidad and Tobago in a Liminal Space. .

Sommario/riassunto

"Skillfully places the 40-year history of the Immortelle Children's Center within the larger context of Trinidad/Tobago's post-colonial development and its current state of 'liminal' in-between-ness, poised



to enter the next stage of pursuing the moral imperatives of development by ensuring educational services for children with disabilities." -Maya Kalyanpur, Professor, University of San Diego, USA "A penetrative ethnographic case study that skillfully weaves the voices of parents, caregivers, teachers, and community activists into a study pierced through with empathy." -Paula Morgan, Professor, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago "Grounded in the rigor of ethnography and the authority forged by lived experience, Harry offers a multifaceted historical portrait of unsettling questions about human rights and competence, in a young nation of the South with a deep commitment to equality." -Alfredo Artiles, Professor, Arizona State University, USA This book presents an ethnographic case study of the personal motivations, advocacy, and activation of social capital needed to create and sustain the Immortelle Children's Centre, a private school that has served children with disabilities in Trinidad/Tobago for four decades. Based on narratives by parents from the 1980's, current parents, teachers, community advocates, and the author, who was the founder of Immortelle in 1978, the study views the school within the context of a nation standing in a liminal space between developed and developing societies. It argues that the attainment of equity for children with disabilities will require an agenda that includes a legal mandate for education of all children, increased public funding for education, health and therapeutic services, and an on-going public awareness campaign. Relating this study to the global debate on inclusion, the author shows how the implementation of this agenda would have to be adapted to the social, cultural, and economic realities of the society. Beth Harry is Professor of Special Education at the Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami, USA.