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Autore: |
Schwartz Eilon <1958->
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Titolo: |
At home in the world [[electronic resource] ] : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin / / Eilon Schwartz
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Pubblicazione: | Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina: | 370.1/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Nature and nurture |
Evolution (Biology) | |
Social Darwinism | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | At home in the world ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4384-2642-9 |
1-4416-1863-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910814351103321 |
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