Philosophies of environmental education and democracy : Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on human freedoms in nature /
Offers a unique approach to the serious problem of environmental destruction. Watras contends that the problems of environmental destruction derive from misunderstandings in the popular views of democracy. Accordingly, the way to environmental protection lies in correcting those misconceptions by ex...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Cultural and social foundations of education.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Defining the task
- Developing freedom within social institutions: William Torrey Harris and the St. Louis Hegelians
- Pragmatism and ecological conservation: the ideas of John Dewey
- Science, imagination, and the environmental movement: Gregory Bateson's views
- Where do we go from here?
- Index.