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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814351103321

Autore

Schwartz Eilon <1958->

Titolo

At home in the world : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin / / Eilon Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4384-2642-9

1-4416-1863-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

370.1/2

Soggetti

Nature and nurture

Evolution (Biology)

Social Darwinism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The making of Darwinism -- Darwin and the good in human nature -- Nature's lessons : applying evolutionary theory to educational philosophy in the nineteenth century -- From philosophy of nature to educational philosophy -- Spencer's educational philosophy -- Huxley's educational philosophy -- Kropotkin's educational philosophy -- Conclusion -- Dewey's Darwinism : human nature and the interdependence of life -- Change and growth are the essential features of Darwinism -- Human beings can only be understood as part of the natural world -- The natural and the social : Dewey's notion of habit -- Human beings are by nature social animals, and can only be understood through their sociability -- Living in the world : democracy as a natural value -- Dewey's Darwinian educational philosophy -- Mary Midgley and the ecological telos -- Innate needs -- The teleological implications of having needs -- Feminism and human nature : a case study in teleological thinking -- On building a whole life -- Moral objectivity and the reality of evil -- Breaking down the is/ought dichotomy -- A transcendent life -- A Darwinian education -- The aims and purposes of education : a Darwinian perspective -- Emotions and reason -- Particularism and universalism -- From nature to culture : a Darwinian curriculum -- Cultivating wonder : educational didactics -- Final thoughts.



Sommario/riassunto

Explores how Darwin's theory of human nature can inform educational philosophy.