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John Dewey and American Democracy /

Over a career spanning American history from the 1880s to the 1950s, John Dewey sought not only to forge a persuasive argument for his conviction that "democracy is freedom" but also to realize his democratic ideals through political activism. Widely considered modern America's most i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Westbrook, Robert B. (Robert Brett), 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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