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John Dewey, America's peace-minded educator / Charles F. Howlett and Audrey Cohan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howlett, Charles F., author.
- Cohan, Audrey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
- Dewey, John.
- Pacifists--United States--Biography.
- Pacifists.
- United States.
- Peace--Study and teaching.
- Peace.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016].
- Summary:
- John Dewey is perhaps best known for his interest in the study of pragmatic philosophy and his application of progressive ideas to the field of education. Carrying his ideas and actions beyond the academy, he tied his philosophy to pacifist ideology in America after World War I in order to achieve a democratic world order. Although his work and life have been well documented, his role in the postwar peace movement has been generally overlooked. Charles F. Howlett and Audrey Cohan take a close look at Dewey's many undertakings on behalf of world peace. This volume covers Dewey's support of, and subsequent disillusionment with, the First World War as well as his postwar involvement in trying to prevent another world war. Other topics include his interest in peace movements in education, his condemnation of American military intervention in Latin America and of armaments and munitions makers during the Great Depression, his defense of civil liberties during World War II, and his cautions at the start of the atomic age. The concluding epilogue explores how Dewey's ideas can still be useful to peace education today. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Roots of a social critic in the democratic tradition
- Idealism discredited: World War I
- Democracy's ambassador to the Orient
- Education for peace, not military training
- Outlawing war and the politics of peace
- Slide toward another World War
- Time of hesitation over and future uncertain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809335046
- 0809335042
- OCLC:
- 921863938
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