1st Edition
Global Citizenship and Social Movements Creating Transcultural Webs of Meaning for the New Millennium
By Janet McIntyre
Copyright 2000
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, Janet McIntyre addresses the need for transcultural thinking tools, to not only mend problems in the global environment but also to understand the essential nature of the problems. Thinking tools comprise the analytical concepts which organise, disorganise, pattern and question thoughts about the social and natural world. Specifically, the concepts introduced in this book are 'global citizenship', 'human rights', 'responsibility', 'social movements' and 'transcultural webs of meaning'.
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Intellectual Courage and Intellectual Conformity; Chapter 3 Tools for Transcultural Ethical Thinking; Chapter 4 Ecological and Critical Humanism (Eco-Humanism): Creating Webs of Meaning Through Paradigm Dialogue; Chapter 5 The Rights and Responsibilities of global Citizens: Pragmatism, Ethics, and Survival at the Coalface of Bureaucracies; Chapter 6 Class, Culture and Sustainable global Democracy; Chapter 7 Conclusion Beyond Nationalism: Striving for Global Democracy Within Conceptual Space, Cyberspace and Geographical Space;
Biography
Janet J. McIntyre-Mills
'The book is a powerful synthesis, pointing out the availability of knowledge which can be effectively used to solve the problems of society and improve the quality of life.' - Adam Jamrozik, University of South Australia
'Dr. McIntyre's approach of the need for an educational system which teaches across the full spectrum of cultural characteristics, values, and conditions is paramount to a truly sustainable future, not only domestically, but internationally.' - Kelly D. Cain, University of Wisconsin
