The Best Weapon for Peace - Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights (Paperback)

The Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870–1952) is best known for the teaching method that bears her name. She was also a lifelong pacifist, although historians tend to consider her writings on this topic as secondary to her pedagogy. In The Best Weapon for Peace, Erica Moretti reframes Montessori’s pacifism as the foundation for her educational activism, emphasizing her vision of the classroom as a gateway to reshaping society. Montessori education offers a child-centered learning environment that cultivates students’ development as peaceful, curious, and resilient adults opposed to war and invested in societal reform.   Using newly discovered primary sources, Moretti examines Montessori’s lifelong pacifist work, including her ultimately unsuccessful push for the creation of the White Cross, a humanitarian organization for war-affected children. Moretti shows that Montessori’s educational theories and practices would come to define children’s rights once adopted by influential international organizations, including the United Nations. She uncovers the significance of Montessori’s evolving philosophy of peace and early childhood education within broader conversations about internationalism and humanitarianism.

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Erica Moretti
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-33314-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-299-33314-0
Barcode:	9780299333140

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