Things and People - Philosophy, Pedagogy and Sociology of a Practical Relationship

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

The subject of this book is “item pedagogy”: How do we learn to use objects; For example, cycling? How does the object force us to assume a certain body posture, for example, an ergonomic chair with a tilted seat that makes bad posture almost impossible? How do things change with us, how do their functionalities gain new dimensions, for example during the formation of the internet? How do things become ordinary in our growth process? How does one learn with things, by gaining skills and knowledge about them through using them? What would happen if objects were authorized for educational purposes, and then a person expected certain behaviors and also tendencies related to himself from the objects, and as a result, he educated himself? How do children – in terms of socialization – enter the world of things that are so natural to them? And how are things involved in the orientation development processes that transform people's orientations to that life?

All these questions cannot be answered without thinking about the status of things as things, their direct connection with people, and the interchangeability of their functionality.

In this important book, Arnd-Michael Nohl touches on the importance of seemingly ordinary details and opens minds.

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition