Deep democracy : community, diversity, and transformation / Judith M. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Judith M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Community life.

Physical Description:

xv, 243 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]

Summary:

Deeply understood, democracy is more than a 'formal' institutional framework for which America provides the model, acting as a preferable alternative to the modern totalitarian regimes that have distorted social life around the world. At its core, as John Dewey understood, democracy is a realistic ideal, a desired and desirable future possibility that is yet-to-be. In this period of global crises in differing cultures, a shared environment, and an increasingly globalized political economy, this book provides a clear contemporary articulation of deep democracy that can guide an evolutionary deepening of democratic institutions, of habits of the heart, and of the processes of education and social inquiry that support them.

Contents:

1 The Diverse Community or the Unoppressive City: Which Ideal for a Transformative Politics of Difference? 1

2 Transformative Communication toward Democratic Communities: Pragmatism or Critical Theory? 14

Preliminary Critical-Reconstructive Negotiations: Pragmatism and Critical Theory 16

Toward a Comprehensive Philosophy of Democratic Transformation 33

Differing Voices at the Theory Table: Feminism and Cultural Pluralism 41

Some Concluding Thoughts: Give Peace a Chance 48

3 The Deeply Democratic Community: Reconstructing Dewey's Transformative Ideal 54

Diversity within Dewey's Contextualized Discussions of the Democratic Ideal 55

Democratic Education as Growth of the Individual, Culture, and Society 62

Cross-Difference Coalitions and Diverse, Deeply Democratic Communities 71

Intelligent Communication within Democratic Transformative Social Inquiry 75

Ongoing Evaluation and Redirection to Reflect Transformative Experience 85

Effective Coordination and Stabilization of Long-Term Transformative Action 90

4 Cosmopolitan Unity Amidst Valued Diversity: Alain Locke's Vision of Deeply Democratic Transformation 95

Race Contacts, Cultural Imperialism, and the Transformative Power of the Arts 98

Locke's Culturally Pluralistic, Feeling-Focused Theory of Valuation 107

Critical-Empirical Social Science: "Anthropology in the Broadest Sense" 118

Democratic Cooperation across Historically Contested Differences 123

Intellectual Transformation and Critical Multicultural Education 126

Transformative Cultural Democracy and the Neocapitalist Empire 129

5 Prophetic Pragmatism: King, West, and the Beloved Community 135

King's Prophetic and Pragmatic Transformative Framework 138

The Beloved Community as Location and Goal of Transformative Struggle 149

West and the Future of Prophetic Pragmatism 157

6 Transforming World Capitalisms through Radical Pragmatism: Economy, Law, and Democracy 170

Why the World Needs a New Approach to Political Economy 172

Radical Pragmatist Transformative Praxis: Economy, Law, and Democracy 177

Transforming Neocapitalist Economic Theory through Radical Pragmatism 189

7 Deepening Democracy: Rebuilding the Public Square 198

Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions of Our Problems in the Public Square 200

The Transformative Arc: From Cross-Difference Coalition to Beloved Community 209

Deepening Democracy by Rebuilding the Public Square: Toward a General Model 216

The Role of Philosophers in Deepening Democracy: A Call to Active Engagement 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.

ISBN:

0847692701

084769271X

OCLC:

40595299