Reconstructing Democracy, Recontextualizing Dewey

Jim Garrison is Professor of Philosophy and Education at Virginia Tech. His many books include The Educational Conversation: Closing the Gap (coedited with Anthony G. Rud Jr.), also published by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments IntroductionReconstructing Democracy and Recontextualizing Deweyan Pragmatism Jim Garrison 1. The Political Philosophy of Pragmatism James Campbell 2. Dr. Dewey's Deeply Democratic Metaphysical Therapeutic for the Post-9/11 American Democratic Disease: Toward Cultural Revitalization and Political ReinhabitationJudith Green 3. Democracy and Education after Dewey—Pragmatist Implications for Constructivist PedagogyKersten Reich 4. Dewey's Pluralism Reconsidered—Pragmatist and Constructivist Perspectives on Diversity and DifferenceStefan Neubert 5. Evolutionary Naturalism, Logic, and Lifelong Learning: Three Keys to Dewey's Philosophy of EducationLarry A. Hickman 6. Thinking Desire: Taking Perspectives SeriouslyCharlene Haddock Seigfried 7. A Pragmatist Approach to Emotional Expression and the Construction of Gender IdentityJim Garrison 8. Moral Norms and Social InquiryHans SeigfriedList of Contributors Index

"Reading Dewey through the eyes of postmodern theories of social/interactive constructivism, these essays not only speak to issues of identity and power that Dewey elided, they speak directly to each other in a conversation about how democracy can become more deeply embedded in all aspects of experience." — CHOICE"This is a major collection of distinguished scholars in the field." — Thomas M. Alexander, coeditor of The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, Education, Democracy"There are many people who understand the big three of pragmatism—Peirce, James, Dewey—and appreciate the inspirational rhetoric of that tradition but who have trouble translating those philosophical giants into contemporary contexts. This volume does so admirably." — Michael Sullivan, Emory University