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John Dewey and American Democracyreviewed by William M. Shea - 1993 Title: John Dewey and American Democracy Author(s): Robert B. Westbrook Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca ISBN: 0801481112, Pages: , Year: 1993 Search for book at Amazon.com Robert Westbrook, a University of Rochester historian of American political thought, has written a stunning interpretation of the importance of Deweys work to American political theory. The book is not quite a biography; a new biography, surely a multivolume work, must now be considered a priority. Taken together with Steven Rockefellers recent thorough and fascinating discussion of Deweys religious life and his thought on religion,1 Westbrooks study provides us with the foundation necessary for a complete intellectual biography of Dewey.
He divides his story into four periods: the unfolding of Deweys Hegelianism in Ann Arbor and the transformation of it into pragmatism in Chicago (A Social Gospel: 1882-1904); Progressive Democracy: 1904-1918, covering his first years at Columbia where he forged his public and academic reputation as the philosopher of democracy and education; Toward the Great Community: 1918-1929, the time during which Dewey argued that unless it involves direct participation of citizens... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- William Shea
Saint Louis University
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