John Dewey and American Democracy

✍ Scribed by Robert B. Westbrook

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 592
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Robert B. Westbrook reconstructs the evolution of Dewey's thought and practice in this masterful intellectual biography, combining readings of his major works with an engaging account of key chapters in his activism.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Prologue: The Making of a Philosopher
Part One. A Social Gospel (1882–1904)
1. The Hegelian Bacillus
2. Organic Democracy
3. Chicago Pragmatism
4. No Mean City
Part Two. Progressive Democracy (1904–1918)
5. Reconstructing Philosophy
6. Democracy and Education
7. The Politics of War
Part Three. Toward the Great Community (1918–1929)
8. The Politics of Peace
9. The Phantom Public
10. Philosophy and Democracy
Part Four. Democrat Emeritus(1929–1952)
11. Consummatory Experience
12. Socialist Democracy
13. Their Morals and Ours
14. Keeping the Common Faith
Epilogue: The Wilderness and the Promised Land
Bibliographical Note
Index

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