Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts
E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
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Verlag: De Gruyter
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In dialogue with Richard Rorty, Judith Butler, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Elie Wiesel, Viktor Frankl, Cornel West, and other contemporary thinkers, Green defines the need for deeper understanding and fulfillment of the potentials of the democratic ideal. Drawing insights from Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, William James, John Dewey, Jane Adams, and other earlier thinkers, Green frames a pragmatist understanding of emerging realities and possibilities, growing wells of shared truths, multifaceted histories, and mutually transformative experiences of citizenship. Employing examples from America's complex history and from recent world events, Green locates four sites for effective citizen activism: government at all levels, nonprofit organizations, issue-focused campaigns and social movements, and daily urban living. Green shows how citizens can revive social hope and deepen the democratic experience by drawing on their own knowledge and developing their capabilities through inclusive civic participation.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
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Acknowledgments
Introduction. Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts
1. Achieving Our Country, Achieving Our World: Rorty, Baldwin, and Social Hope
2. American Dreaming: From Loss and Fear to Vision and Hope
3. Hope's Progress: Remembering Dewey's Pragmatist Social Epistemology in the Twenty-first Century
4. Choosing Our History, Choosing Our Hopes: Truth and Reconciliation Between Our Past and Our Future
5. Trying Deeper Democracy: Pragmatist Lessons from the American Experience
6. The Continuously Planning City: Imperatives and Examples for Deepening Democracy
7. The Hope of Democratic Living: Choosing Active Citizen Participation for Preferable Global Futures
Notes
Bibliography
Index