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Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey: Modernities and the Traveling of Pragmatism in Education
Thomas Popkewitz
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Description for Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey: Modernities and the Traveling of Pragmatism in Education
Paperback. This collection includes original studies from scholars from thirteen nations, who explore the epistemic features figured in John Dewey's writings in his discourses on public schooling. It locates different cultural, political and educational terrains in which debates about modernity, the modern self and the making of the citizen occurred. Editor(s): Popkewitz, Thomas S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
This collection includes original studies from scholars from thirteen nations, who explore the epistemic features figured in John Dewey's writings in his discourses on public schooling. Pragmatism was one of the weapons used in the struggles about the development of the child who becomes the future citizen. The significance of Dewey in the book is not about Dewey as the messenger of pragmatism, but in locating different cultural, political and educational terrains in which debates about modernity, the modern self and the making of the citizen occurred.
This collection includes original studies from scholars from thirteen nations, who explore the epistemic features figured in John Dewey's writings in his discourses on public schooling. Pragmatism was one of the weapons used in the struggles about the development of the child who becomes the future citizen. The significance of Dewey in the book is not about Dewey as the messenger of pragmatism, but in locating different cultural, political and educational terrains in which debates about modernity, the modern self and the making of the citizen occurred.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230605145
SKU
V9780230605145
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99-15
About Thomas Popkewitz
THOMAS S. POPKEWITZ is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Reviews for Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey: Modernities and the Traveling of Pragmatism in Education
'In this fascinating book, a group of distinguished scholars from twelve countries examine the historical role of John Dewey as an 'indigenous foreigner,' whose ideas about pragmatism, the child, and the school were reconstructed and re-assembled in one cultural setting after another around the world. At one level, the authors are exploring the historical development of the discourses of modernity, ... Read more