Preserving Planet Earth - Changing Human Culture With Lessons From the Past

This book encourages readers to acknowledge humanity's contribution to the environmental crisis, proposing a way forward by exploring the power of ordinary people to bring about cultural change. It will appeal to students and teachers as well as general readers interested in environmental studies, philosophy, and education.

List of contents

Part 1: History Lessons 1. The Martin Luther Story 2. The Greta Thunberg Story 3. The Mahatma Gandhi Story 4. The Rosa Parks Story Part 2: A Looming Tragedy 5. The Dreadful Deed: Matricide 6. The Fatal Flaw: Hubris 7. The Denial: Six Varieties 8. The Present-Day Chorus 9. The Unraveling Part 3: Can We Change Human Culture and Ourselves? 10. Yes, We Can 11. Is Human Nature Humancentric? 12. Prepared and Counter-Prepared Learning 13. Becoming a New Person 14. Individual Learning and Cultural Change Part 4: Wage Education Not War 15. Close the Knowing/Doing Gap 16. Whose Knowledge Is It Anyway? 17. Facts Are Not Enough 18. What Do We Do With Miseducation When We Find It? 19. Amplify and Converge Part 5: Goodbye Hubris, Hello ENVIRONMENTALITY 20. Needed: A Paradigm Shift 21. Expanding the Definition of “We” 22. Doing Something Rather Than Nothing 23. Acting as One

About the author

Jane Roland Martin is Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Massachusetts in Boston with fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, MacDowell, the Radcliffe Institute, the National Science Foundation, and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. She also received the John Dewey Society's 2013 Outstanding Career Achievement Award.

Summary

This book encourages readers to acknowledge humanity’s contribution to the environmental crisis, proposing a way forward by exploring the power of ordinary people to bring about cultural change. It will appeal to students and teachers as well as general readers interested in environmental studies, philosophy, and education.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Roland Martin, Jane Roland (University of Massachusetts B Martin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032660080
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266008-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Sociology, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Ethics & moral philosophy, environmental science, engineering & technology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Society and culture: general, Development Studies, Environmental science, engineering and technology