What It Means To Be Human

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This book explores global traditions centered on the human quest for belonging and personal development. It dives into how different cultures understand the journey of becoming oneself within a community.

Discovering humanity through diverse educational and cultural traditions worldwide.

Across the world, various traditions address the essential human need to belong and grow as individuals. Whether called Bildung in Europe, Ubuntu in parts of Africa, or Buen Vivir in Latin America, these concepts share a common goal: nurturing the mind and heart to live peacefully with others, even amidst disagreements.

This anthology examines these rich traditions from around the globe and reflects on the challenges humanity faces today, such as social media, artificial intelligence, and the flood of misinformation. It asks how education can adapt to these profound changes in the human experience.

To understand this, the book invites readers to explore what it truly means to be human through a series of insightful contributions:

• Foreword by Klaas van Egmond, the Netherlands
• The World That Might Have Been… by Thakur S. Powdyel, Bhutan
• Ubuntu & Bildung: Our Common Heritage by Mamphela Ramphele, South Africa
• Personal Growth, Lifelong Learning and Democracy by Joseph Kessels, the Netherlands
• The Significance of Bildung by Lene Rachel Andersen, Denmark
• Practical Implications of a Philosophy of Humane Education by Julian Nida-Rümelin, Germany
• Let’s Make Instead of Follow by Peter Mesker and Hanke Drop, the Netherlands
• Bildung and Worldviews: Education through Ubuntu, Buen Vivir and Happiness by Dorine van Norren, the Netherlands
• The Transformative Encounter by Marcos Sarasola, Uruguay
• Confucian Bildung Past, Present, and Future by Cheng Yi-Heng, China
• Human Ecology Education and Its Foundational Value for Transforming Society by Sandra Ericson, United States
• From Bildung to Identity by Thomas Aastrup Rømer, Denmark
• Technology and the Decline of the Bildung Human by Steve Joordens and Adam Frost, Canada
• The Last Educators by Zachary Stein, United States
• Bildung Brings Hope and Empowerment in Post-Conflict Contexts by Eliane Metni, Lebanon
• What it Means to Be Human. Kōtahitanga, Unity, Togetherness by Noema Toia Williams, Aotearoa, New Zealand

The book is edited by Lene Rachel Andersen, features a foreword by Klaas van Egmond, and includes commentary from Sandra Verbruggen.

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