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True genesis is not at the beginning but at the end, and it starts to begin only when society and existence become radical, i.e. grasp their roots. But the root of history is the working, creating human being who reshapes and overhauls the given facts. Once he (sic) has grasped himself and established what is his, without expropriation and alienation, in real democracy, there arises in the world something which shines into the childhood of all and in which no one has yet been: homeland.’
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Kotze, A.v. (2012). Composting the Imagination in Popular Education. In: Hall, B.L., Clover, D.E., Crowther, J., Scandrett, E. (eds) Learnning and Educationfor a Bettter World. International Issues in adult Education, vol 10. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-979-4_7
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