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Enhancing Humanity: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Education
Nimrod Aloni
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Description for Enhancing Humanity: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Education
Paperback. Drawing on the tradition of "Pragmatic Humanism", this book offers an alternative approach to thinking and talking about liberal and humanistic education that breaks free from what Richard Rorty has called "outworn vocabularies and attitudes." This book focuses on the principles and ways of humanistic moral education. Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
In Jean PaulSartre's Nausea, Roquentin feels bound to listen to the sentimental ramblings about humanism and humanity by the Self Taught Man. Is it my fault, muses Roquentin, in all he tells me, I recognize the lack of the genuine article? Is it my fault if, as he speaks, I see all the humanists I have known rise up? I have known so many ofthem! And then he lists the radical humanist, the so called left humanist, and Communist Humanist, the Catholic humanist, all claiming a passion for their fellow men. But there are ... Read more
In Jean PaulSartre's Nausea, Roquentin feels bound to listen to the sentimental ramblings about humanism and humanity by the Self Taught Man. Is it my fault, muses Roquentin, in all he tells me, I recognize the lack of the genuine article? Is it my fault if, as he speaks, I see all the humanists I have known rise up? I have known so many ofthem! And then he lists the radical humanist, the so called left humanist, and Communist Humanist, the Catholic humanist, all claiming a passion for their fellow men. But there are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Education
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402061677
SKU
V9781402061677
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Reviews for Enhancing Humanity: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Education
There is a freshness in this book, a restoration of a lost clarity, a regaining of authentic commitment. No longer oriented to an `essence' of what it means to be human, `humanism' in the context of this book cannot be used to paper over what has become a kind of wasteland where values are concerned. Nor can it be used ... Read more