From the Labyrinth of the World to the Paradise of the Heart - Science and Humanism in Unesco''s Approach to Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Vincenzo Pavone is a researcher in social and political sciences for the Institute of Public Goods and Policies at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain. Klappentext Science and Humanism in UNESCO's Approach to Globalization studies the influence of scientific humanism on the emergence and development of UNESCO's original approach to globalization. It also studies the role that UNESCO tried to play in the international system through the promotion of its own specific account of globalization. Zusammenfassung Science and Humanism in UNESCO's Approach to Globalization studies the influence of scientific humanism on the emergence and development of UNESCO's original approach to globalization. It also studies the role that UNESCO tried to play in the international system through the promotion of its own specific account of globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 List of Abbreviations Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 1 The UNESCO Idea and Its Historical Predecessors Chapter 7 2 Intergovernmental vs. Global: UNESCO and Its Double Identity Chapter 8 3 The Humanism of Development Chapter 9 4 UNESCO, Scientific Humanism, and Global Governance Chapter 10 5 Globalization, Science, and the Minds of Men: Humanism in Action Chapter 11 6 UNESCO and the Discourses on Science, Education, and Peace Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Index Chapter 15 About the Author

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vincenzo Pavone
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.05.2008
• EAN: 9780739122624
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2262-4
• Pagine: 276
• Serie: Critical Media Studies: Instit; Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy