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Informationen zum Autor Bill E. Lawson is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is co-author (with Howard McGary) of Between Slavery and Freedom (IUP, 1993). Donald F. Koch is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He has edited three volumes of Dewey's lectures. Klappentext Taylor, and Cornel West. Zusammenfassung How should pragmatists respond to and contribute to the resolution of one of America's greatest and most enduring problems? In 12 essays, this title connects ideas with action and theory with practice to focus on this intractable problem. It explores the origins of the problem of race and develops practical means for seeing its end. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface Introduction Donald F. Koch and Bill E. Lawson Part I. Pragmatism as a General Approach to the Problem of Race 1. Dewey on Race and Social Change Michael Eldridge 2. Distance, Abstraction, and the Role of the Philosopher in the Pragmatic Approach to Racism Gregory Fernando Pappas 3. "Discovering a Problem": A Pragmatic Instrumentalist Approach to Educational Segregation Donald F. Koch 4. Dewey's Vision of Equal Opportunity for Education in a Democracy John R. Shook 5. Situating the Self: Grounding an Ethics of Culture and Race D. Micah Hester 6. Tragedy and Moral Experience: John Dewey and Toni Morrison's Beloved Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Part II. Pragmatism and Means 7. Booker T. Washington: A Pragmatist at Work Bill E. Lawson 8. Pragmatism and Race Paul C. Taylor 9. Should We Conserve the Notion of Race? David E. McClean 10. Civil Smother: Folkways of Renewed Racism in the United States Alfred E. Prettyman 11. Race, Education, and Democracy Scott L. Pratt 12. Building a Cosmopolitan World Community through Mutual Hospitality Judith M. Green Afterword Cornel West Contributors Index
