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Michael Paulsen―the Plateau of Learning in the Anthropocene―How to Relate Differently to the Earth

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We live in a strange time. On the one hand, we have developed advanced forms of civilisation, justice, democracy, helpful technologies, sciences and countless theories about the world we live in. In Hegelian terms, history has come to an end, in the sense that all further progress will only imply adjustments of the existing institutions, not genuinely new institutions. On the other hand, the very same human practices have led to a situation where we are on the verge of destroying―and thus externally self-negating―the earthly basis of life.

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Kergel, D. et al. (2022). Michael Paulsen―the Plateau of Learning in the Anthropocene―How to Relate Differently to the Earth. In: Learning in the Digital Age. Diversität und Bildung im digitalen Zeitalter. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35536-4_5

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