Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy, and Planetary Crisis - The Ecopedagogy Movement (Paperback, New edition)

We live in a time of unprecedented planetary ecocrisis, one that poses the serious and ongoing threat of mass extinction. What role can critical pedagogy play in the face of such burgeoning catastrophe? Drawing upon a range of theoretical influences - including Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich, Herbert Marcuse, traditional ecological knowledge, and the cognitive praxis produced by today's grassroots activists in the alter-globalization, animal and earth liberation, and other radical social movements - this book offers the foundations of a philosophy of ecopedagogy for the global north. In so doing, it poses challenges to today's dominant ecoliteracy paradigms and programs, such as education for sustainable development, while theorizing the needed reconstruction of critical pedagogy itself in light of our presently disastrous ecological conditions. Students and teachers of critical pedagogy at all levels, as well as those involved in environmental studies and various forms of sustainability education, will find this book a powerful provocation to adjust their thinking and practice to better align with those who seek to abolish forms of culture predicated upon planetary extermination and the domination of nature.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Counterpoints, 359
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2010
Authors:	Richard Kahn
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	186
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0545-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Adult education Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of those with special educational needs > Teaching of physically disabled persons Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-0545-4
Barcode:	9781433105456

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