Equality Beyond Debate - John Dewey''s Pragmatic Idea of Democracy

Links democracy with the process of overcoming severe social inequality, rather than with ideal forms of political debate.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Jeff Jackson is a Harper-Schmidt Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. His work has appeared in such journals as Political Theory, Polity, Democratic Theory, The Pluralist, and Education and Culture. He has published on a wide range of topics, including contemporary democratic theory, American pragmatist philosophy, Platonic and Hegelian philosophy, the possibilities for a universal basic income, and philosophy of education.

Summary

This book is for students of politics who want to understand what democracy should mean in a structurally unequal society. Much current discussion of democracy focuses on encouraging individuals to debate more civilly and respectfully, but this book shows why combating social inequality should be seen as definitive of democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Jackson, Jeff (University of Chicago) Jackson, Jackson Jeff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108428576
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42857-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, Political science and theory, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Social discrimination and social justice