At home in the world : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin / Eilon Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Eilon, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature and nurture.

Evolution (Biology).

Social Darwinism.

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores how Darwin's theory of human nature can inform educational philosophy.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438426426

1438426429

9781441618634

1441618635

OCLC:

434607276