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A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

By: Paul van Enckevort

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A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

By: Paul van Enckevort

By the eleventh century, communities of religious practitioners in China had developed a theory and practice of meditative self-cultivation that combined the so-called Three Teachings. By the seventeenth century, Wu Shouyang created a synthesis of the various lineages of this “inner alchemy,” combining it with elements from Buddhism and Confucianism. By the late nineteenth century, his writings had become bestsellers in the genre and his became the standard account of this tradition. This first book-length English-language study of Wu Shouyang’s life and works introduces his remarkable life and formulates answers to fundamental questions about this important tradition.

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BRILL

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9004707743

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9789004707740

Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far from Equilibrium

By: Paul Meakin

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Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far from Equilibrium

By: Paul Meakin

A comprehensive, 1998 account of the practical aspects and pitfalls of the applications of fractal modelling in the physical sciences.

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700

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Cambridge University Press

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0521452538

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9780521452533

Educational Research: the Educationalization of Social Problems

By: Paul Smeyers

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Educational Research: the Educationalization of Social Problems

By: Paul Smeyers

Pushing ‘social’ responsibilities on schools is a process that has been underway for a long time. This phenomenon has been studied more in Europe than in North America and the U.K. and has been labelled Pädagogisierung. The editors have chosen to use ‘Educationalization’ to identify the overall orientation or trend toward thinking about education as the focal point for addressing or solving larger human problems. The term describes these phenomena as a sub-process of the ‘modernization’ of society, but it also has negative connotations, such as increased dependence, patronization, and pampering. In this book distinguished philosophers and historians of education focus on ‘educationalization’ to expand its meaning through an engagement with educational theory. Topics discussed are the family and the child, the ‘learning society’, citizenship education, widening participation in higher education, progressive education, and schooling movements such as No Child Left Behind. ‘Smeyers’ and Depaepe's book offers great insights into one of the most ambivalent phenomena of today's educational world and especially educational policy. The contributions assembled represent perspectives of some of the most respected scholars in the field. Their manifold critiques of the educationalization of social problems are rather convincing. Our time is definitely ripe for such analysis!’ Roland Reichenbach, Center for Educational Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland ‘This is a challenging, critical and analytical treatment of the tendency of contemporary administrations to overburden educational institutions with the expectation that they will provide the solutions to an increasingly diverse range of social and economic problems. It brings together the theoretical resources of a distinguished international group of philosophers and historians of education and deserves the careful attention of educational policy makers, practitioners and researchers alike.’ David Bridges, Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, England This publication is realized by the Research Community (FWO-Vlaanderen / Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium) Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education: Evaluation and Evolution of the Criteria for Educational Research. Also realized by the Research Community are Educational Research: Why ‘What Works’ Doesn’t Work (2006) and Educational Research: Networks and Technologies (2007).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402097247

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A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

By: Paul van Enckevort

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Book's by Paul van Enckevort

A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far from Equilibrium

Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far from Equilibrium

Educational Research: the Educationalization of Social Problems

Educational Research: the Educationalization of Social Problems

A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

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