WHY THERE CAN BE NO CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE BEING HUMILIATED

This paper discusses how conflict resolution and reconciliation, in their interplay with emotions, are embedded into two current trends: the transition toward increasing global interdependence, and the call for equal dignity for all. In a traditional world of ranked honour, humiliation is often condoned as a legitimate and useful tool; however, in terms of human rights it is seen as a violation of humanity. This article argues that the norms of equal dignity are worth supporting for two reasons: first, the human rights framework promotes quality of life, and second, it is the best way to tackle increasing global interdependence. Yet, there is a caveat. While feelings of humiliation in the face of debasing conditions are an important resource in that they emotionally “fuel” the human rights movement, they also represent what the author calls the “nuclear bomb of the emotions” that, if instrumentalised, can power cycles of humiliation and atrocities. Only if the implementation of human rights is approached hands-on and these feelings converted into Mandela-like social transformation to form a decent global village can the human rights movement fulfil its promise and humiliation be transcended.     

CAN THERE BE QUALITY IN TEACHER EDUCATION WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY?

In this paper the need for ensuring the inclusion of the spiritual dimension in Teacher Education courses is considered. This dimension is included in both the 1944 and 1988 Education Acts, but no definitions or guidelines are given. The research of Hardy and Hay is drawn upon to underline the significance of the spiritual aspect of human nature, and the writings of Berger and Hull to demonstrate its repression in modem life. Despite the problems involved in finding an acceptable definition of spirituality, a case is argued for its inclusion in Teacher Education courses. Some questions are proposed for influential parties such as Course Leaders and validators to use when evaluating courses.     

I WONDER WHY THE SEEDS CAN GROW TO BE FLOWERS

Nowadays, many children like KFC very much. So do I. The food there is delicious. I like chicken wings, chicken legs, and hamburgers. Smell them, they are nice. Taste them, they＇re yummy. And I feel good in a KFC restaurant. On my birthdays, I invite my friends to KFC. We have a happy day there. We sing,     

人作为人的存在及其教育

文章从教育哲学的视角探讨人作为人的存在特征、问题及其教育。文章阐释了人作为人而存在的“绝对性”、“意向性”、“文化性”、“时间性”、“语言性”与“独特性” ,分析了由此产生的人作为人而存在的基本问题———“死亡”、“奴役”、“有限”、“孤独”、“自我认同” ,并将其区分于一般意义上的生存问题。文章最后区分了“存在教育”与“生存教育”两个概念 ,就如何在学校情景中进行存在教育提出了一些初步的观点     

WHITE COMPLICITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION: CAN ONE BE CULPABLE WITHOUT BEING LIABLE?

A bstract .  In part of an ongoing study of white complicity, moral responsibility, and moral agency in social justice education, Barbara Applebaum asks in this essay what model or models of moral responsibility can help white students recognize their white complicity and which models of moral responsibility obscure such acknowledgment. To address this question, she explores the concept of white complicity and its relation to racism and raises some compelling conceptual and pedagogical questions. Then she reviews a recent analysis of the concept of "complicity" and shows it to be inadequate as a foundation for white complicity. Finally, Applebaum describes Iris Marion Young's conception of a Social Connection Model of Responsibility and shows it to be capable not only of elucidating white complicity but also, when incorporated in social justice pedagogy, of diminishing denials of white complicity by white students.     

“9·11”后欧美分歧增多的原因及欧美关系的发展趋势

"9·11"事件发生后,欧洲国家对美国普遍予以同情,并积极支持美国反恐战争,但欧美矛盾和分歧却有增无减。从根本上说,是由于东西矛盾缓和和资本主义政治经济发展不平衡引起的。具体来讲,是由双方实力、战略目标、为人处世的方式不同以及布什政府一意孤行的单边主义做法越来越过头等原因所致。欧盟东扩和北约东扩的意义对欧美双方是不同的。到2010年左右,欧盟将建成自己的防务体系,在军事上摆脱美国的控制和支配,欧美关系将发生根本性的变化。