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UNINA9910782796003321 |
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Autore |
Merz Kenneth M. <1922-2007.> |
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Living within limits [[electronic resource] ] : a scientific search for truth / / Kenneth M. Merz, Sr |
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New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 |
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9786611793739 |
1-281-79373-6 |
0-87586-587-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Truth |
Science - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Limits -- pt. 2. Aspects of physical reality -- pt. 3. Aspects of biological reality. |
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The author, a research scientist, explores without jargon or mathematics the scientific search for truth, the nature of life and the future of man. Explaining and appreciating the scientific method and major scientific challenges such as measuring the known universe, the theoretical and experimental underpinnings for theories of evolution, and the unraveling of DNA, he discusses the difference between knowledge and belief. As the only conscious, rational beings on earth, he concludes that humans must take responsibility for our role overseeing the living kingdom on our planet. |
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UNINA9910955271003321 |
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Autore |
Streck Danilo Romeu |
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A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context / / by D. Streck |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010 |
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9786612993473 |
9781282993471 |
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9780230115293 |
0230115292 |
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[1st ed. 2010.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Collana |
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Postcolonial Studies in Education, , 2946-2347 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Educational sociology |
Ethnology - Latin America |
Culture |
International education |
Comparative education |
Education - Philosophy |
Education and state |
Sociology of Education |
Latin American Culture |
International and Comparative Education |
Philosophy of Education |
Educational Policy and Politics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Series Editors' Preface; Previous Publications; Credits; Introduction; 1 Daily Life, Globalization, and Education: Educational Practice and the Reading of the World; 2 The Latin American Pedagogical Labyrinth: A Popular Education Perspective; 3 The New Social Contract: A Brief Map for Educators; 4 Emile and the |
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Limits of Citizenship; 5 Autonomy Revisited: From Rousseau to Freire; 6 Conscientização: Genesis and Dimensions of Critical Consciousness; 7 Citizenship Can Be Learned: Participatory Budgeting as a Pedagogical Process |
8 Pedagogy of the New Social Contract: A Few AgendasNotes; Index |
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A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context is committed to what has become known as "perspective of the South:" understanding the South not as a geographical reference but as a vindication of the existence of ways of knowing and of living which struggle for their survival and for a legitimate place in a world where the respect for difference is balanced with the right for equality. The metaphor of the new social contract stands for the desire to envision another world, which paradoxically cannot but spring out of the entrails of the existing one. Could the same contract under which the colonial orders were erected serve as a tool for decolonizing relations, knowledge, and power? Consequently, what kind of education could effectively help structure a new social contract? These are some of the questions Streck addresses. |
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