Jeff Jackson

Equality Beyond Debate (eBook, PDF)

John Dewey's Pragmatic Idea of Democracy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

While many current analyses of democracy focus on creating a more civil, respectful debate among competing political viewpoints, this study argues that the existence of structural social inequality requires us to go beyond the realm of political debate. Challenging prominent contemporary theories of democracy, the author draws on John Dewey to bring the work of combating social inequality into the forefront of democratic thought. Dewey's 'pragmatic' principles are deployed to present democracy as a developing concept constantly confronting unique conditions obstructing its growth. Under structurally unequal social conditions, democracy is thereby seen as demanding the overcoming of this inequality; this inequality corrupts even well-organized forums of political debate, and prevents individuals from governing their everyday lives. Dewey's approach shows that the process of fighting social inequality is uniquely democratic, and he avoids current democratic theory's tendency to abstract from this inequality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108639897
• Artikelnr.: 56527560

Autorenporträt

Jeff Jackson has been married to Helen for 43 years. They have three grown and married children and seven grandchildren. He works full-time for Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators, an organization he founded and whose members are serving in more than 60 countries. Jeff accepts invitations on a regular basis to write and speak about the lessons he's learned from the inventory his unique life experiences have stocked him with.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The democratic individual
2. The Hegelian development of Deweyan democracy
3. The pursuit of democratic political institutions
4. From deliberative to participatory democracy
5. Agonism, communitarianism, and cosmopolitanism
6. Educating democratic individuals
Conclusion.