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Dewey is considered a pragmatist in the mainstream of American liberalism. This portrait of the philosopher as an advocate of participatory democracy and a political activist presents him as a more radical voice than is generally assumed. Although the anti-Stalinist thinker cared little for Marx and was quick to see the repressive nature of Soviet collectivism, he considered himself a democratic socialist in the 1920s and 1930s, and questioned corporate...

"20 May 1985"

John Dewey (1859-1952), hailed during his lifetime as "America's Philosopher," is now generally recognized as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Dewey's groundbreaking contributions to philosophy, psychology, and educational theory continue to animate research on the cutting edge of those fields. The twelve original interpretive essays included in this volume locate Dewey's major works within their historical context and...

Explores the ideas of philosopher John Dewey, including an appraisal of his works and an analysis of his life.

"When John Dewey died in 1952, he was memorialized as America's most famous philosopher, revered by liberal educators and deplored by conservatives, but universally acknowledged as his country's intellectual voice. Many things conspired to give Dewey an extraordinary intellectual eminence: He was immensely long-lived and immensely prolific; he died in his ninety-third year, and his intellectual productivity hardly slackened until his eighties." "Professor...

By studying original source materials in Burlington and Charlotte, Vermont; Oil City, Pennsylvania; the University of Vermont; the Johns Hopkins University; the University of Michigan; the University of Minnesota; the University of Chicago; Columbia University; by combing newspapers, correspondence collections, institutional records, and particularly by establishing personal contact and communication with family members and colleagues, Professor Dykhuizen...