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Relacja natura – kultura w socjologicznych treściach kształcenia (na przykładzie studiów pedagogicznych)
The Relation Nature – Culture in Sociological Teaching Contents (the Case of Pedagogical Studies)

Author(s): Andrzej Kasperek
Subject(s): Sociology, History and theory of sociology, Human Ecology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: sociology; nature; culture; antinaturalism; ecology

Summary/Abstract: The issues undertaken in this study involve the presence of some considerations concerning the relation nature – culture in the teaching contents of course curricula in sociology (including sociological subdisciplines), implemented within pedagogical studies. In a particular way, history of sociology is related to the process of the 19th century industrialization – the period which, with no doubt, turned out to be of key significance for the birth of modern society as it radically changed the relation humanity – nature. The author tries to show the centrality of the relation nature – culture in sociological discourse, but on the other hand – the different sociological contexts of the same relation. What is particularly emphasized are: the dispute between naturalism and antinaturalism, the sociological understanding of culture and the existence of contemporary social and cultural movements which discredit the instrumental attitude of modern civilization to nature.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 47 (2)
  • Page Range: 81-96
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish