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UNINA9910962779103321 |
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Autore |
Schwartz Eilon <1958-> |
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At home in the world : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin / / Eilon Schwartz |
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Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009 |
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9781438426426 |
1438426429 |
9781441618634 |
1441618635 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature and nurture |
Evolution (Biology) |
Social Darwinism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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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 -- |
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