Philosophies of Environmental Education and Democracy: Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on Human Freedoms in Nature

Joseph Watras is Professor of Foundations of Education at the University of Dayton, USA.

• 1. Defining the Task 2. Developing Freedom within Social Institutions-The Ideas of William Torrey Harris and the St. Louis Hegelians 3. Pragmatism and Ecological Conservation-The Ideas of John Dewey 4. Science, Imagination, and the Environmental Movement-Gregory Bateson's Views 5. Where Do We Go from Here?

“Watras (education, Univ. of Dayton) argues the need for an alternative ethical framework for American democracy that offsets the ongoing process of environmental destruction these values engender. … Watras’s book is important reading for anyone interested in the problem of environmental destruction. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (J. A. Fischel, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)