Pragmatism and Diversity: Dewey in the Context of Late Twentieth Century Debates

by J. Green (Editor), S. Neubert (Editor)

Overview

Diversity is an unavoidable aspect of twenty-first century living. The authors in this volume engage in cross-difference conversations with other thinkers from earlier periods and other philosophical traditions in order to reconstruct pragmatism and cosmopolitanism in ways that are more attuned to our lived experience of diversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230338517
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/17/2012
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

STEFAN NEUBERT Director of the Office for International Relations at the Universität zu Köln, Germany.
KERSTEN REICH University Professor at the Universität zu Köln, Germany.
JUDITH M. GREEN Associate professor of Philosophy and co-director of Women's Studies at Fordham University, USA.

Table of Contents

The Roots of Diversity in Pragmatist Thought; J.Campbell The Context of Diversity vs. The Problem of Diversity; W.Gavin Reading Dewey and Mouffe on Democratic Norms; L.Hickman Cultivating Pragmatist Cosmopolitanism: The Diverse Democratic Community after Huntington and Benhabib; J.Green Green Democracy - Practice as Needed; M.Eldridge Dewey and Levinas on Pluralism, the Other, and Democracy; J.Garrison Reconstruction of Philosophy and Inquiry into Human Affairs - Deweyan Pragmatism in Dialogue with the Postmodern Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman; S.Neubert  & K.Reich Diverse Communities - Dewey's Theory of Democracy as a Challenge for Foucault, Bourdieu, and Rorty; K.Reich Conclusion: The Future of Democratic Diversity