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A Responsibility to the World: Saramago, Politics, Philosophy
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Baltrusch, Burghard

In a 1987 interview, José Saramago eloquently expressed what could be considered his political-philosophical manifesto: “Human beings should not content themselves with the role of mere observers. They bear a responsibility to the world; they must actively engage and intervene.” In 1998 the celebrated writer was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. So Saramago did not only as a hu…

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1
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978-3-7329-8985-0
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302
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iBroLiT – Estudos Iberorrománicos de Literatura e Tradutoloxía. Ibero-Romance Studies in Literature and Translatology
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Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
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Kosuke Shimizu, William S. Bradley

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Each chapter aims to provide alternative understandings to current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity.

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1
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978-1-137-40360-5
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XIV, 237
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The Politics, Practices, and Possibilities of Migrant Children Schools in Con…
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MIN YU

This book examines the dynamics surrounding the education of children in the unofficial schools in China’s urban migrant communities. This ethnographic study focuses on both the complex structural factors impacting the education of children attending unofficial migrant children schools and the personal experiences of individuals working within these communities. As the book illustrates in car…

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978-1-137-50899-7
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XVII, 185
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Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
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