Pragmatism and Social Hope : : Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts / / Judith Green.
Since 9/11, citizens of all nations have been searching for a democratic public philosophy that provides practical and inspiring answers to the problems of the twenty-first century. Drawing on the wisdom of past and present pragmatist thinkers, Judith M. Green maps a contemporary form of citizenship...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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