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Book Review of Douglas Anderson’s Philosophy Americana: Making Philosophy at Home in American Culture, 2006. Anderson pulls on the resources of American philosophy in order to address issues within ... : Fordham University Press , 2006. 294 pp. ISBN 0-8232-2551. $28.00, pbk. , USA In Philosophy Americana, Douglas Anderson attempts to address “issues that arise in popular culture” (ix). He does so by
. Even so, they have drawn variously and productively from the resources of European political philosophy and used these to anatomize the school in its relation to society. They have shed light on the ... philosophy’s basic concerns could not but be social and political. Indeed, its aims ought to be identical with those of democracy. Dewey, Childs, Kilpatrick,.Brameld, Rugg, Bode, Counts, and the others were
, $24.99, pbk. In a world that had largely adopted a Deweyan sense of itself, Body Consciousness would not have to be written. In such a world, it would be taken for granted that philosophy should account ... his 1997 Practicing Philosophy: Pragmatism and the Philosophical Life-and this - book reflects that orientation throughout, leading to a wholeheartedly Deweyan consummation in a chapter entitled
autobiographical essays by top scholars in the field of philosophy of education for our enjoyment; I have had the pleasure to know many of these scholars, some of whom I hold dear as teachers, some of whom I ... consider good friends, and some of whom I am discovering for the first time. It is my sincere hope that this review will help draw others' attentions to Leaders in Philosophy of Education as well. Waks tells
Book review of John Shook's Dewey's Social Philosophy: Democracy as Education. ... Palgrave Macmillan 's s ocial John R. Shook In his most recent work on John Dewey, John Shook explores Dewey's political thought in order to illuminate Dewey's conception of democracy and
E James M. Giarelli t ard wo t hE l Egacy m axinE : c ritcal I have been reading and teaching Maxine Greene's work for many years. I began teaching philosophy and education classes forty years ago ... as a doctoral student and have used a Maxine Greene text in every one. I've used The Public School and the Prito write about her work, her standing within the philosophy of education community, and her
-1953). Arendt, H. (1982). Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Descartes , R. ( 1908 ). Regulae ad directionem ingenii . In Oeuvres de Descartes (Vol. 10 ... of children's epistemic powers and despite his emphasis on philosophy as a general theory of education, Dewey failed to mobilise philosophical inquiry as a way of educating children for thinking. In
Critics of Dewey’s metaphysics point to his dismissal of any philosophy which locates ideals in a realm beyond experience. However, Dewey’s sustained critique of dualistic philosophies is but a first ... naturalistic metaphysics supports his progressive educational philosophy. The duty of education is grounded in its service to democracy; it must help students develop the ability to express, discuss, and develop
judgment. One of Dewey’s most important insights was that philosophy addresses some of the meaning of our everyday, ordinary experiences. Dewey understood “ethical,” “aesthetic,” “political,” and other ... philosophy can help us to wake up to the ethical dimensions of our experience, the political, the logical, even the metaphysical, and help us to find ways of thinking, feeling and acting that make our
is apologetic. He notes that, while he asserts that the pragmatic turn cuts across both American (North and Latin American) and Continental philosophy, he failed to fully develop the Continental and ... Democratic Pluralism: The Pragmatic Turn and the Future of Philosophy,” Judith Green considers James a “democratic pluralist,” and compares Bernstein’s own thinking with this democratic pluralist tradition
My project aims to develop a relational, pluralistic political theory that moves us beyond liberal democracy, and to consider how such a theory translates into our public school settings. In this ... charges in the case of Dewey. Great changes have occurred in political philosophy and in societies at large since Dewey was writing. We live in times that Nancy Fraser (1997) describes as “postsocialist
the disciplinary lenses of history and philosophy to bear on Dewey’s mission, this collaborative study differs from previous work by illuminating the disjuncture between Dewey’s conception of democratic ... spheres. These misinterpretations can be revealed and their significance understood only through an appreciation of Dewey’s social philosophy and Ataturk’s political theory of the Turkish state. These
education is still relevant today, especially given the current political climate. ... for a democratic society . Social Science Docket , 4 ( 1 ), 76 - 78 . London , S. ( 2000 ). Organic democracy: On the political philosophy of John Dewey . Retrieved December 17 , 2004 from http
John R. Shook and James A. Good, John Dewey's Philosophy of Spirit, with the 1897 Lecture on Hegel. New York: Fordham University Press, 2010. + pages. ISBN 978-0-8232-3139-3. $25.00 (pbk.) ... addition to the “definitive text” of Dewey's own 1897 lecture on Hegel, given at the University of Chicago, and entitled “Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit.” In comparison to Shook's earlier, more comprehensive
In order to determine the characteristics of non-philosophy, we frame it in opposition to an image of an established paradigm: Deconstruction (as suggested by Jean-Luc Nancy in La deconstruction du ... that speaks for itself independently of all textual techniques or mechanisms, yet it allows for an easy comparison with non-philosophy: it allows us to identify clearly their different objectives and
, is essential for living a meaningful life. I then argue that one of Philosophy for Children's strengths is that its pedagogy and curriculum content are ideal for facilitating this Deweyian ideal of ... integrating philosophy into the curriculum—particularly the Philosophy for Children approach to teaching philosophy—is one way that schools may make some progress towards achieving this goal. Originally
Feelings of awe, wonder, and appreciation have been largely ignored in the working lives of scientists and, in turn, science education has not accurately portrayed science to students. In an effort to bring the affective qualities of science into the classroom, this work draws on the writings of the sublime by Burke, Kant, Emerson, and Wordsworth as well as Dewey’s notion of...
closer look at the history of visual arts education, a review of Dewey’s philosophy of art experience, and an exploration of why there may be a need for Dewey’s philosophy within K–12 art education in the ... education. The duality of the arts and the sciences grew in opposition to Dewey’s anti-Cartesian philosophy. The influx of analytical philosophers, German art educators, the changing political world due to
Gouinlock’s 1978 essay, I show how this historical debate relates to a claim of political philosophers and political theorists that is currently in vogue, namely, that Dewey’s writings contain a nascent theory ... philosophy and political science called “democratic theory,” in which researchers share a common set of core assumptions and research tools. As paradigms in a disciplinary field (or subfield) run their course
teaches at Fordham University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice Much of the history of philosophy has deployed the metaphor of sight over and above language of tactility and feeling. The body, the ... is wisdom. Put succinctly, the mind is a hand, and the hand is a mind. Through an exploration of John Dewey's philosophy of habit as articulated in Human Nature and Conduct, this paper emphasizes the
