Diversifying Universalism: Neohumanism, Internationalism, and Interculturalism in Education

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.18.21481.049

Abstract

Neohumanism is a philosophy propounded by Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar which recognizes that humanity needs a new narrative that can provide the inspiration, direction, and tools with which to transform individual selves and collective futures. While acknowledging the vital role that Humanism has played in the historical march towards greater freedom, justice, peace, knowledge, and the utopian vision of a united humanity, Neohumanism challenges the limitations of Humanism, entangled as it is with the host of power/over tactics that characterize modernity. “Diversifying Universalism” explores Neohumanism and Neohumanist education alongside two dominant and contemporary paradigms of a global educational approach aimed at realizing the high ideals of a world united, internationalism and interculturalism, assessing their compatibilities and contrasts, examining their strengths and weaknesses, and suggesting ways in which the integration of certain principles and practices might result in a synthesis that is more comprehensive and effective than any of them alone.

Keywords: Neohumanism. Internationalism. Interculturalism.

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Author Biographies

  • Kathleen Kesson, School of Education at Long Island University-Brooklyn

    Professor Emerita of the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at the School of Education at Long Island University-Brooklyn; Global Affiliate at the GUND Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.

  • Marco Alexandre de Oliveira

    Marco Alexandre de Oliveira is an independent scholar with a PhD in Comparative Literature and an MA in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of South Carolina.

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2023-06-06

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Seção temática: Internationalization, interculturality and neo-humanism

How to Cite

Diversifying Universalism: Neohumanism, Internationalism, and Interculturalism in Education. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 18, p. 1–14, 2023. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.18.21481.049. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/21481. Acesso em: 30 may. 2026.