James A. Good

A Search for Unity in Diversity (eBook, ePUB)

The 'Permanent Hegelian Deposit' in the Philosophy of John Dewey

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Search for Unity in Diversity examines the traditional readings of John Dewey's relationship to Hegel and demonstrates that Dewey's later pragmatism was a development of the historicist/humanistic Hegel, rather than a turning away from Hegelian philosophy. Good argues that Dewey drew upon resources he found in the writings of St. Louis Hegelians to fashion a non-metaphysical reading of Hegel. A Search for Unity in Diversity reasons that Hegel encouraged Dewey to understand philosophy as an exercise in individual and cultural reconstruction. Beyond exposing fatal flaws in the traditional reading of Dewey's relationship to Hegel, Good shows that Dewey's pragmatism is a development, rather than a rejection, of Hegel's philosophy. This not only explains Dewey's Hegelian deposit, it also sheds light on why recent Hegel scholars have found elements of pragmatism in Hegel's thought and provides grounds for rapprochment between American pragmatism and Continental European philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739160664
• Artikelnr.: 39476781

Autorenporträt

By James A. Good

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Abbreviations Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 The Humanist/Historicist Hegel Chapter 5 American Hegelianism
1830-1900 Chapter 6 Dewey in Burlington and Baltimore
1859-1884 Chapter 7 Dewey in Michigan
1884-1894 Chapter 8 Dewey's Transitional Years
1894-1904 Chapter 9 From Actualism to Brutalism
1904-1916 Chapter 10 Selected Bibliography Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the Author