Globalization and educational rights : an intercivilizational analysis / Joel Spring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spring, Joel H.

Series:

Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right to education--Cross-cultural studies.

Right to education.

Comparative education.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2001]

Summary:

Explores the meaning of equality and freedom in (global) education and relationship to universal rights to education. Specifically, how education rights vary between civilizations. Focuses on Confucian, Islamic, Western, and Hindu civilizations.

Contents:

1 Global Education and an Intercivilizational Analysis 1

Illustrating the Growing Uniformity of Global Education: "Not One Less" 2

An Intercivilizational Approach to Defining Equality and Freedom of Education: Confucian, Islamic, Western, and Hindu 3

Universal Declaration of Human Rights as an Intercivilizational Document 5

Human Rights in the Global Flow and the Global Culture 7

The Intercivilizational Character of Global Education 10

Human Rights Statements on Equality, Freedom, and the Right to Education 14

2 China: Confucius, Mao Zedong, and Socialist Modernization 20

The Confucian Tradition 23

Equality in Confucian Education 24

The Litigious Versus the Self-regulated Society 27

Confucian Educational Ideal 28

Freedom of Speech, Scholars, and the Good Society 30

Inequality and the Oppression of Women 32

Chinese Nationalism: "Western Function, Chinese Essence" 34

Chinese Constitutionalism: Equality of Pleasure and Pain 36

Mao Zedong: Thinking Equality and Freely Expressing Truth 39

Socialist Modernization and Human Rights 46

Equality, Freedom, and Socialist Modernization 48

Gender Equality and Inequality 52

Conclusion: The Contribution of Confucius, Mencius, Mao Zedong Thought, and Socialist Modernization to Ideas of Equality and Freedom in the Global Flow 53

3 Equality and Freedom in Islamic Education 57

Qur'anic Arabic: The Language of Islam 58

Islam and the West 59

Islamic History and the West 61

Education, Pan Islam, Arab Nationalism, and the Islamic State 65

Equality and Freedom in Iran's Constitution 68

Islam and Women's Rights 71

Equality of Educational Opportunity in Iran 74

Equality and Freedom in Islamic Constitutions 74

The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights and The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam 78

The Reality of Educational Opportunity in Islamic Nations 80

4 Natural Rights and Education in the West 89

Western Concepts of Equality and Freedom 90

Equality and Freedom in the Western Enlightenment 92

Equality and Freedom in the United States 98

Equality, Scientific Racism, and Educational Discrimination 99

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Bill of Rights 102

Equality of Opportunity 103

Equality Before the Law 105

Equality of Educational Opportunity as a Human Right in the West 107

Freedom and the Right to Education 111

Freedom of Choice and The European Union's Right to Education 111

5 India: Education, Human Rights, and the Global Flow 115

Anglicized Leadership and the Struggle for Freedom and Equality 116

Inequality Based on Caste and Gender 119

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: An Untouchable in Search of Equality 122

Ghandhi and Theosophy in the Global Flow 128

Gandhi: Education in the Global Flow 131

Gandhi: Equality and the Reform of Hinduism 135

Nehru 140

Constitutional Provisions for Education 145

The Pursuit of Equality in Indian Education 147

The Case of the Missing Women 149

Conclusion: The Lessons of India 149

6 A Constitutional Provision for Educational Rights 152.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.

ISBN:

0805838813

0805838821

OCLC:

45784397