| The Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 9, 1899-1924: Democracy and Education, 1916 Volume 9 Contributor(s): Dewey, John (Author), Boydston, Jo Ann (Editor), Hook, Sidney (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0809309335 ISBN-13: 9780809309337 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1980 Annotation: John Dewey's best-known and still-popular classic, "Democracy and Educa-tion, "is presented here as a new edition in Volume 9 of the Middle Works. Sidney Hook, who wrote the introduction to this volume, describes "Democracy and Education: ""It illuminates directly or indirectly all the basic issues that are cen-tral today to the concerns of intelligent educators. . . . It throws light on sev-eral obscure corners in Dewey's general philosophy in a vigorous, simple prose style often absent in his more technical writings. And it is the only work in any field originally published as a textbook that has not merely acquired the status of a classic, but has become the one book that no student concerned with the phi-losophy of education today should leave unread." Dewey said in 1930 that "De-mocracy and Education, ""was for many years the one [book] in which my philos-ophy . . . was most fully expounded." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Essays - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 370.109 |
| LCCN: 76007231 |
| Series: John Dewey the Middle Works, 1899-1924 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (1.63 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Dewey's best-known and still-popular classic, Democracy and Education, is presented here as a new edition in Volume 9 of the Middle Works. Sidney Hook, who wrote the introduction to this volume, describes Democracy and Education: "It illuminates directly or indirectly all the basic issues that are central today to the concerns of intelligent educators. . . . It throws light on several obscure corners in Dewey's general philosophy in a vigorous, simple prose style often absent in his more technical writings. And it is the only work in any field originally published as a textbook that has not merely acquired the status of a classic, but has become the one book that no student concerned with the philosophy of education today should leave unread." Dewey said in 1930that Democracy and Education, "was for many years the one [book] in which my philosophy . . . was most fully expounded." |