| At Home in the World: Human Nature, Ecological Thought, and Education After Darwin Contributor(s): Schwartz, Eilon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438426267 ISBN-13: 9781438426266 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 370.12 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.32" W x 8.95" (0.71 lbs) 229 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging conventional understanding of humans as selfish and competitive at their core, At Home in the World asserts that we have evolved as a profoundly social species, biologically related to the rest of the natural world, and at home on the only planet for which we are adapted to live. Eilon Schwartz traces the history of Darwinism, examining attempts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to apply Darwin's theories to educational philosophy and analyzing trends since the reemergence of Darwinism toward the end of the twentieth century. Identifying with the Darwinian interpretations of Peter Kropotkin, John Dewey, and Mary Midgley, Schwartz argues for a compelling educational philosophy rooted in our best scientific understandings of human nature. |
