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How might democratic educators work more fruitfully with such powerful emotions as hatred and love? In a search for answers, this chapter draws upon diverse wisdom traditions as New England poetry, John Dewey’s pragmatism, Native American lore, and western as well as eastern Buddhism. This exploration leads to the discovery of suggestive clues for educative possibilities.
FIRE AND ICE
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Robert Frost
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Diller, A. (2009). Love and Hatred in the Moral Life: Educational Investigations. In: Katz, M.S., Verducci, S., Biesta, G. (eds) Education, Democracy, and the Moral Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8626-7_10
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