Public and Its Problems An Essay in Political Inquiry

Name: Public and Its Problems An Essay in Political Inquiry
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ISBN: 9780271055701

ISBN-10: 0271055707

ISBN-13: 9780271055701

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Dewey, Melvin L. Rogers

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The revival of interest in pragmatism and its practical relevance for democracy has prompted a reconsideration of John Dewey's political philosophy. Dewey's The Public and Its Problems (1927) constitutes his richest and most systematic meditation on the future of democracy in an age of mass communication, governmental bureaucracy, social complexity, and pluralism. Drawing on his previous writings and prefiguring his later thinking, Dewey argues for the importance of civic participation and clarifies the meaning and role of the state, the proper relationship between the public and experts, and the source of democracy's legitimacy. These themes remain as important today as they were when…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Chronology


Editorial Note


Introduction: Revisiting The Public and Its Problems



The Public and Its Problems: An Essay in Political Inquiry



Foreword (1927)


Introduction (1946)



Search for the Public



Discovery of the State



The Democratic State



The Eclipse of the Public



Search for the Great Community



The Problem of Method


Notes


Bibliographical Note


Index