To construct an intercultural society is no easy task. Education should aim to create a community of people who develop critical thought, who search for truth beyond the barriers of class, gender, and nationality, and who respect the diversity and humanity of others. In the face of education understood as simply "confirming," in the sense of "reproducing" social, cultural, and often political order in a critical and dogmatic way, it is now imperative to stay oriented toward a radically critical knowledge of the subject of ...
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To construct an intercultural society is no easy task. Education should aim to create a community of people who develop critical thought, who search for truth beyond the barriers of class, gender, and nationality, and who respect the diversity and humanity of others. In the face of education understood as simply "confirming," in the sense of "reproducing" social, cultural, and often political order in a critical and dogmatic way, it is now imperative to stay oriented toward a radically critical knowledge of the subject of education and its necessities, toward social transformation, toward a culture able to escape social domination through deliberation and election, and toward prefiguring new subjective, cultural, and political orders. In this book, the reader will find some ethical keys that direct intercultural practice and the formation of democratic and supportive citizens who are responsible to their communities and open to a cosmopolitan citizenship.
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