ECOLOGICAL TURN IN EDUCATION AND CULTURE - COLLECTIVE WORK

In the face of the growing climate and environmental crisis, contemporary humanities face the challenge of shaping ecological awareness. This book is an interdisciplinary journey through literature, art, and education, aimed at building pro-environmental attitudes and a new sensitivity to the relationships between humans and non-human inhabitants of the world. Immerse yourself in reflections that inspire action for our planet.

• Interdisciplinary approach: Combines humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
• New sensitivity: Opens up to the relationships between humans and the environment.
• Ecological education: Shapes awareness and pro-environmental attitudes.
• Future of the planet: Focuses on questions about the future of our shared Earth.
• Power of narration: Creates space for common existence and action.
• Educational practices: Inspires teachers, students, and librarians to take action.

"Ecological Turn in Education and Culture. New Sensitivity of the Young Generation" is the third volume in the series Literary Culture of Children and Youth. This publication is an important voice in the discussion about the future of our planet, combining perspectives from literary studies, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and natural sciences. The authors of the articles show how ecocritical and posthumanist strategies for interpreting literary works, enhanced by empathy and care, can open young people to new ways of understanding, experiencing, and empathizing with the world.

The University of Wrocław Publishing House presents readers with a publication that aims not only to analyze but, above all, to inspire action. The texts included in this volume, presented from the perspective of broadly understood humanistic education of children and youth, ecological humanities, and ecopedagogy, focus on the power of narration, which creates space for common existence. This book is addressed not only to researchers of humanities, exact sciences, and natural sciences, but also, due to the discourse undertaken in this volume on educational practices, to teachers, students, librarians, and all those who care about environmental protection, but also about ecocentric thinking and a post-anthropocentric understanding of reality, as well as such an understanding of the ecosystem in which every life has meaning and voice.

This publication is an invitation to reflect on our place in the world and responsibility for future generations. It is also a practical guide for those who want to introduce changes in education and culture to promote sustainable development and care for the environment. May this book become an inspiration to act and build a better tomorrow for us all.

Technical data: Pages: 332, Format: 240x169 mm, Year of publication: 2025, binding: paperback, Publisher: University of Wrocław Publishing House.