Bracher, Mark, author.
Literature, social. wisdom, and global justice : developing systems thinking through literary study / Mark Bracher. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2022. - viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Systems thinking as the core of social wisdom -- How to educate for wisdom: developing mental models of causality -- Developing mental models of causality by reading literature -- Principles of a wisdom-cultivating literary pedagogy -- Faulty causal analysis and its harmful consequences -- Causal analysis I: proximal, distal, and root causes of problems -- Causal analysis II: system openness and dynamism -- Causal analysis III: causal loops -- Faulty prospection and its harmful consequences -- Developing adequate prospection -- Social cognition I: situational causes of behavior and life outcomes -- Social cognition II: environmental causes of character -- Social cognition III: human nature as a root cause of character -- Metacognition: developing an accurate mental model of oneself
"This book responds to the pressing and increasingly recognized need to cultivate social wisdom for addressing major problems confronting humanity. Connecting literary studies with some of the biggest questions confronted by researchers and students today, the book provides a practical approach to thinking through, and potentially solving, global problems such as poverty, inequality, crime, war, racism, classism, environmental decline, and climate change"-- Provided by publisher
In English text.
9781032247687
Literature--Study and teaching.
Wisdom in literature.
Wisdom--Philosophy.
Social justice and education.
Social psychology and literature.
System theory in literature.
CIR PN 56.W54 / B73 2022
Literature, social. wisdom, and global justice : developing systems thinking through literary study / Mark Bracher. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2022. - viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Systems thinking as the core of social wisdom -- How to educate for wisdom: developing mental models of causality -- Developing mental models of causality by reading literature -- Principles of a wisdom-cultivating literary pedagogy -- Faulty causal analysis and its harmful consequences -- Causal analysis I: proximal, distal, and root causes of problems -- Causal analysis II: system openness and dynamism -- Causal analysis III: causal loops -- Faulty prospection and its harmful consequences -- Developing adequate prospection -- Social cognition I: situational causes of behavior and life outcomes -- Social cognition II: environmental causes of character -- Social cognition III: human nature as a root cause of character -- Metacognition: developing an accurate mental model of oneself
"This book responds to the pressing and increasingly recognized need to cultivate social wisdom for addressing major problems confronting humanity. Connecting literary studies with some of the biggest questions confronted by researchers and students today, the book provides a practical approach to thinking through, and potentially solving, global problems such as poverty, inequality, crime, war, racism, classism, environmental decline, and climate change"-- Provided by publisher
In English text.
9781032247687
Literature--Study and teaching.
Wisdom in literature.
Wisdom--Philosophy.
Social justice and education.
Social psychology and literature.
System theory in literature.
CIR PN 56.W54 / B73 2022