Dewey on Democracy

William R. Caspary

Published by Cornell University Press 2000

Dewey on Democracy

William R. Caspary

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501722509

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About this book

Revived appreciation of John Dewey as an inspirational advocate of participatory democracy has been tempered by criticism that he lacks a concrete political program. William R. Caspary makes the case for Dewey as a more discerning and challenging...

Author / Editor information

William R. Caspary is Professor of Political Science at Washington University.

Reviews

Richard J. Bernstein, New School for Social Research, author of John Dewey, editor of Dewey on Experience, Nature, and Freedom:

William Caspary manages to escape from writing another 'academic' treatment of Dewey, and to show how Dewey can be adapted to dealing with contemporary practical problems, especially those involving conflict.

Robert Westbrook, University of Rochester:

William Caspary has crafted a fine, persuasive study of John Dewey's ethics and democratic politics. But best of all he has not been timid about applying Dewey's ethics to such hard cases as abortion or about venturing to suggest concretely what a Deweyan politics might look like.

Larry Hickman, Director, The Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale:

Well written and well organized, William Caspary's Dewey on Democracy presents an easy path for the reader to follow, offering a good understanding of Dewey's work and a broad knowledge of the secondary literature of the field.

Molly Cochran:

This book does not just offer a clear reading of Dewey; it provides a subtle interpretation that is attentive to the nuances of Dewey's work and is not afraid to develop them in new directions.... Thus, in this book we have an interesting contribution to Dewey studies, which frames Dewey's preject in a new and illuminating way and clarifies what the democratic practice that follows from his writings might look like.

Brian Hendley, University of Waterloo:

Caspary provides a thorough analysis of Dewey's disparate writings on ethics, philosophy of science, and politics.... Caspary has advanced the discussion of Dewey's views on democracy by showing how they might be applied to current social movements. All of this Dewey himself would have welcomed as a hypothesis in need of further experimental testing.

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Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A Note on Sources Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Participatory Democracy, Pragmatism, and Conflict-Resolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
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3. Social Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4. Ethical Deliberation as Dramatic Rehearsal; Ethical Decision as Conflict-Resolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; History; Philosophy

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Published: October 18, 2018
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