The gleam of light moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson
Saito reads Dewey's idea of progressive education through the lens of Emersonian moral perfectionism. She elucidates a spiritual and aesthetic dimension to Dewey's notion of growth, one considerably richer than what Dewey alone presents in his typically scientific terminology.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York : [London :
Fordham University Press ; Eurospan, distributor
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | American philosophy series ;
no. 16. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009707527806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- In search of light in democracy and education: Deweyan growth in an age of nihilism
- Dewey between Hegel and Darwin
- Emerson's voice: Dewey beyond Hegel and Darwin
- Emersonian moral perfectionism: gaining from the closeness between Dewey and Emerson
- Dewey's Emersonian view of ends
- Growth and the social reconstruction of criteria: gaining from the distance between Dewey and Emerson
- The gleam of light: reconstruction toward holistic growth
- The gleam of light lost: transcending the tragic with Dewey after Emerson
- The rekindling of the gleam of light: toward perfectionist education.
