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Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis : Toward Deep Changes SUNY Series in Philosophy of Education
author
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Bowers, C. A.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0791412563
print isbn13
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9780791412565
ebook isbn13
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9780585075815
language
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English
subject
Environmental ethics--United States, Educational anthropology--United States, Environmental education--United States, Environmental protection--Study and teaching--United States.
publication date
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1993
lcc
:
GF27.B69 1993eb
ddc
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304.2/071/073
subject
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Environmental ethics--United States, Educational anthropology--United States, Environmental education--United States, Environmental protection--Study and teaching--United States.
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Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis
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SUNY Series in the Philosophy of Education
Philip L. Smith, Editor
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Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis
Toward Deep Changes
C. A. Bowers
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1993 C. A. Bowers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bowers, C. A. Education, cultural myths, and the ecological crisis: toward deep changes / C. A. Bowers. p. cm. (SUNY series in the philosophy of education) Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0791412555 (alk. paper) ISBN 0791412563 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Human ecologyUnited StatesMoral and ethical aspects. 2. Educational anthropologyUnited States. 3. Environmental educationUnited States. 4. Environmental protectionStudy and teachingUnited States. I. Title. II. Series: SUNY series in philosophy of education. GF27.B69 1992 304.2'071'073dc20 9113356 CIP
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Contents
Introduction
1
1. The Cultural Aspects of the Ecological Crisis
9
2. The Conservative Misinterpretation of the Educational Crisis
35
3. The Liberal Impasse: Technocrats and Emancipators
73
4. Anthropocentrism in Textbooks
117
5. Toward Deep Changes in the Educational Process
155
6. The Political and Spiritual Dimensions of the Ecological Crisis: Toward a New Sense of Balance
191
Notes
219
Index
229
Page 1
Introduction
A primary purpose of this book is to put in focus what our priorities should be in thinking about the challenges facing public school and university education in the United States and other countries that have followed Western approaches to modernization. Problems associated with ethnic, gender, and class inequities are indeed daunting, and deserve immediate attention. And the current debate over what constitutes an appropriate education for a citizenry faced with the challenges of culture shock that accompany the accelerating rate of technological innovation indeed involves important issues. Reform can perhaps mitigate such specific problems as the need for a more reliable work force and greater social equality. But if the thinking that guides educational reform does not take account of how the cultural beliefs and practices passed on through schooling relate to the deepening ecological crisis, then these efforts may actually strengthen the cultural orientation that is undermining the sustaining capacities of natural systems upon which all life depends. How our cultural beliefs contribute to the accelerating degradation of the environment, it will be argued here, is the most fundamental challenge we face. All other social and educational reforms must be assessed in terms of whether they mitigate or exacerbate the ecological crisis.
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