"America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place of the individual in a technologically advanced society. In this penetrating study, he addresses the fear that personal creative potential will be trampled by assembly-line monotony, political bureaucracy, and an industrialized culture of uniformity. Armed with his pragmatic approach and his ..."
Liberalism and Social Action (Great Books in Philosophy) by JohnDewey Paperback, 93 Pages, Published 1999 by Prometheus Books ISBN-13: 978-1-57392-753-6, ISBN: 1-57392-753-8
"In this, one of Dewey's most accessible works, he surveys the history of liberal thought from John Locke to John Stuart Mill, in his search to find the core of liberalism for today's world. While liberals of all stripes have held to some very basic values-liberty, individuality, and the critical use of intelligence-earlier forms of liberalism restricted the state function to protecting its citizens while allowing free reign to socioecon ..."
"Book Description"No one has done more to keep alive the fundamental ideals of liberal civilization." -- Morris R. CohenExperience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his ..."
Art as Experience(1st Edition) by JohnDewey Paperback, 371 Pages, Published 2005 by Tarcherperigee ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53197-2, ISBN: 0-399-53197-1
"The moralist, however, has a truer sense of the intimate connections of sense
with the rest of our being than has the professional psychologist ... The moralist
knows that sense is allied with emotion, impulse and appetition. ... But sense, as
meaning so directly embodied in experience as to be its own illuminated
meaning, is the only signification that ... It cannot be opposed to "intellect," for
mind is the means by which partici ..."
"One of the most influential forces in the shaping of American education, the famed philosopher and psychologist John Dewey (1859-1952) believed in -viewing the education of the child in the light of the principles of mental activity and processes of growth made know by modern psychology.- As the administrator of the University of Chicago's laboratory school -- which he established in 1896 and which was one of the first such schools in t ..."
""The School and Society" and "The Child and the Curriculum" succinctly set forth John Dewey's revolutionary philosophy of education as an experimental, child-centered process. For years, educators have turned to this classic volume for insight and practical guidance. Yet Dewey's renown and his enduring readership raise a curious question: why haven't more of this important thinker's ideas been put into practice?Philip W. Jackson address ..."
"The twentieth century has witnessed the blossoming of Western culture: new technology; communications and transportation systems; social, political, educational, agricultural, and medical advances. But with these changes have come the strains and tensions of conflicting interests, desires, and values within the community. John Dewey, one of America's most prolific writers of popular philosophy, believed that humankind could keep a firm ..."
Experience and Nature(Updated) by JohnDewey, Pierre Boulle Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1958 by Dover Publications Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-486-20471-0, ISBN: 0-486-20471-5
"This is an enlarged, revised edition of the Paul Carus lecturers which John Dewey delivered in 1925. It covers Dewey's basic formulation of the problem of knowledge, with both a full discussion of theories and resolutions propounded by other systems, and a detailing of Dewey's own concepts upon the relationship of the external world, the minds, and knowledge.Starting with a thorough examination of philosophical method, Dewey examines th ..."
Dewey The Political Writings (Hackett Classics) by JohnDewey, Ian Shapiro, Debra A. Morris Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1993 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-190-3, ISBN: 0-87220-190-2
"This welcome anthology presents for the first time in one volume John Dewey's major political writings. Ranging throughout his career, the selections display Dewey's philosophical method, his controversial views on war and education, his essential contributions to democratic theory, and his distinctive brand of progressive political ideology. A substantial introductory essay sets the selections in historical context, explains their cont ..."
Moral Principles in Education(1st Edition) (Riverside Educational Monographs) by JohnDewey, Sidney Hook Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1975 by Southern Illinois University Press Facsimile ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-0715-9, ISBN: 0-8093-0715-4
"Excerpt from Moral Principles in EducationIT is one of the complaints of the schoolmaster that the public does not defer to his professional Opinion as completely as it does to that Of prac titioners in other professions. At first sight it might seem as though this indicated a defect either in the public or in the profession; and yet a wider view of the situation would suggest that such a conclusion is not a necessary one. The relations ..."
Experience and Education(1st Edition) by JohnDewey Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1963 by Scribner Paper Fiction ISBN-13: 978-0-02-013660-6, ISBN: 0-02-013660-9
"Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of his intervening experience with the pro ..."
The Public and Its Problems(1st Edition) by JohnDewey Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 1954 by Swallow Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8040-0254-7, ISBN: 0-8040-0254-1
"A classic in social and political philosophy. In his characteristic and provocative dialectic style, John Dewey clarifies the meaning and implications of such concepts as “the public,” “the state,” “government,” and “political democracy”; distinguishes his a posteriori reasoning from a priori reasoning which, he argues, permeates less meaningful discussions of basic concepts; and repeatedly demonstrates the interrelationships between fa ..."
How We Think by JohnDewey Paperback, 107 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-79035-998-1, ISBN: 1-79035-998-8
"More than six decades after John Dewey s death, his political philosophy is undergoing a revival. With renewed interest in pragmatism and its implications for democracy in an age of mass communication, bureaucracy, and ever-increasing social complexities, Dewey s The Public and Its Problems, first published in 1927, remains vital to any discussion of today s political issues. This edition of The Public and Its Problems, meticulously a ..."
How We Think(Updated) by JohnDewey Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1997 by Dover Publications Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-486-29895-5, ISBN: 0-486-29895-7
"One of America s foremost philosophers, John Dewey (1859-1952) fought for civil and academic freedom, founded the Progressive School movement, and steadfastly promoted a scientific approach to intellectual development.In "How We Think, " Dewey shares his views on the educator s role in training students to think well. Basing his assertions on the belief that knowledge is strictly relative to human interaction with the world, he consider ..."
Democracy And Education by JohnDewey Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1997 by Free Press ISBN-13: 978-0-684-83631-7, ISBN: 0-684-83631-9
"Paperback. Pub Date :1997-02-24 Pages: 378 Language: English Publisher: The Free Press John Deweys Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education. arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self an ..."
How We Think by JohnDewey Paperback, Published 2020 by Bibliotech Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64799-903-2, ISBN: 1-64799-903-0
Democracy and Education (Paperback Or Softback) by JohnDewey Paperback, Published 2020 by Simon & Brown ISBN-13: 978-1-73170-107-7, ISBN: 1-73170-107-1
A Common Faith(2nd Edition) Second Edition (The Terry Lectures Series) by JohnDewey, Thomas M. Alexander Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2013 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-18611-6, ISBN: 0-300-18611-8
" In A Common Faith, eminent American philosopher John Dewey calls for the “emancipation of the true religious quality” from the heritage of dogmatism and supernaturalism that he believes characterizes historical religions. He describes how the depth of religious experience and the creative role of faith in the resources of experience to generate meaning and value can be cultivated without making cognitive claims that compete with or co ..."
"The revival of interest in pragmatism and its practical relevance for democracy has prompted a reconsideration of John Dewey s political philosophy. Dewey s 1927 work The Public and Its Problems constitutes his richest and most systematic meditation on the future of democracy in an age of mass communication, governmental bureaucracy, social complexity, and pluralism. Drawing on his previous writings and prefiguring his later thinking, D ..."