Pragmatism and Diversity

Dewey in the Context of Late Twentieth Century Debates
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-34149-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Diversity is an unavoidable aspect of twenty-first century living. The authors in this volume engage in cross-difference conversations with other thinkers from earlier periods and other philosophical traditions in order to reconstruct pragmatism and cosmopolitanism in ways that are more attuned to our lived experience of diversity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neubert, S.

Green, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Roots of Diversity in Pragmatist Thought; J.Campbell   The Context of Diversity vs. The Problem of Diversity; W.Gavin   Reading Dewey and Mouffe on Democratic Norms; L.Hickman  Cultivating Pragmatist Cosmopolitanism: The Diverse Democratic Community after Huntington and Benhabib; J.Green Green Democracy - Practice as Needed; M.Eldridge   Dewey and Levinas on Pluralism, the Other, and Democracy; J.Garrison  Reconstruction of Philosophy and Inquiry into Human Affairs - Deweyan Pragmatism in Dialogue with the Postmodern Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman; S.Neubert  & K.Reich Diverse Communities - Dewey's Theory of Democracy as a Challenge for Foucault, Bourdieu, and Rorty; K.Reich  Conclusion: The Future of Democratic Diversity

Über Autor(innen)

STEFAN NEUBERT Director of the Office for International Relations at the Universität zu Köln, Germany.
KERSTEN REICH University Professor at the Universität zu Köln, Germany.
JUDITH M. GREEN Associate professor of Philosophy and co-director of Women's Studies at Fordham University, USA.