Mini:Needs
According to Abraham Maslow (1954) basic needs are: Physiological needs (sleep, hunger, sexual needs), Security, Social integration, Social recognition, Self-fulfillment, Sense
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Martin (1994) thinks that all this needs can be assigned to the need of control. In addition, human beings move antinomic needs like: calm/action, individuality/society, closeness/openess, simplicity/complexity, etc. The motivation for acting is to keep the balance, solving problems. Human rights are based on the satisfaction of basic needs.
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- Jean-Pol Martin: Vorschlag eines anthropologisch begründeten Curriculums für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen 1994 (Habilitation) ISBN 3-8233-4373-4
- Abraham Maslow: Motivation and Personality. New York: Harper and Row. 1954