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Educating for Cosmopolitanism: Lessons from Cognitive Science and Literature

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Drawing on recent findings of cognitive science, Mark Bracher here employs widely taught literary texts - including Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Voltaire's Candide, Camus's "The Guest," and Coetzee's Disgrace - to provide detailed demonstrations of how literary study can be used to develop cosmopolitanism, defined as a commitment to global justice. Cosmopolitanism, Bracher explains, is motivated by compassion for peoples who are distant and different from oneself, and compassion for them is dependent on perceiving their need, their deservingness, and their humanity. These perceptions are often prevented by faulty mindsets, or cognitive schemas, that can be corrected by the pedagogical practices described here.

Language: English

Pages: 156

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Release: October 31, 2013

ISBN: 1137392266

ISBN 13: 9781137392268

Educating for Cosmopolitanism: Lessons from Cognitive Science and Literature

3/5 ( ratings)

Drawing on recent findings of cognitive science, Mark Bracher here employs widely taught literary texts - including Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Voltaire's Candide, Camus's "The Guest," and Coetzee's Disgrace - to provide detailed demonstrations of how literary study can be used to develop cosmopolitanism, defined as a commitment to global justice. Cosmopolitanism, Bracher explains, is motivated by compassion for peoples who are distant and different from oneself, and compassion for them is dependent on perceiving their need, their deservingness, and their humanity. These perceptions are often prevented by faulty mindsets, or cognitive schemas, that can be corrected by the pedagogical practices described here.

Language: English

Pages: 156

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Release: October 31, 2013

ISBN: 1137392266

ISBN 13: 9781137392268

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