On being human(e) : Comenius' pedagogical humanization as an anthropological problem / Jan Hábl, foreword by Jerry Root.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hábl, Jan, author.

Contributor:

Root, Jerry, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.

Comenius, Johann Amos.

Philosophical anthropology.

Education, Humanistic.

Physical Description:

xix, 181 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2017]

Summary:

There is a difference between that which is and that which is to be. Anthropologically: there is a way I am, and the way I am to be, or not to be. How are we to explain this? This book presents the argument that human nature is both complex and complicated in at least two specific ways-ontologically and ethically. In our being we are indisputably good, dignified, worthy, important, or even noble. But in our morality we are ambivalent-capable of both good and evil, the humane and the inhumane. In his paramount work Jan Amos Comenius expresses the goal of his lifelong endeavor: "to help keep man from falling into a non-man" (Pampaedia). If human beings are to become what they ought to be, they need to be educated towards humanity, says Comenius. But the fundamental question is: what is a human being? And what ought one to be? "Salt ought to be salty. A river ought to be clear. A knife ought to be sharp. But what ought a person to be?" What is the essence of our humanity? And how can that be cultivated or educated? This book presents Comenius's answers to these questions. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Theatrum: Teaching and Learning through Wonder 1

Chapter 2 The Depths of Safety: Teaching and Learning through Resignation 15

Chapter 3 Labyrinth: Teaching and Learning through Story 26

Chapter 4 Didactics: Teaching and Learning from Nature 70

Chapter 5 Pampaedia: Teach Everything, to Everyone, Using Every Possible Means 116

Chapter 6 Conclusion 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1532600569

9781532600562

OCLC:

964643763

Publisher Number:

99971777357