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A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

Philosophies of history tend to assume one form or another of directionality. For an important number of philosophers, History has been understood to have a definite trajectory, moving forward to some specified end-state. These end-states have varied, from idealized conceptions … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, Habermas

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Never before has it been more necessary to recover the past, to deepen our knowledge of history, to demystify the origins of our problems, to regain our memory of forms of freedom and advances that were made in liberating humanity … Continue reading →

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Business as usual: the roots of the global financial meltdown

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Situates the current crisis in the historical trajectory of the capitalist world-system, showing how the crisis was made possible not only by neoliberal financial reforms but by a massive turn away from manufacturing things of value towards seeking profit from … Continue reading →

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Contrasting Piagetian versus Vygotskian Activity Theories of Learning and Development to Expand Constructivism within a Dialectical View of History

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

This paper contrasts the notions of learning, teaching and development as these are conceptualized in two versions of constructivism: the socio-interactional one (in which Piagetian and Vygotskian insights are often merged) versus the one founded by Vygotsky and expanded in … Continue reading →