The Life and Mind of John Dewey
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080930869X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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This big and important biography traces the events of Dewey’s ninety-two years and provides the chronology on which future scholarship must build. By studying original source materials in Burlington and Charlotte, Vermont; Oil City, Pennsylvania; the University of Vermont; the Johns Hopkins University; the University of Michigan; the University of Minnesota; the University of Chicago; Columbia University; by combing newspapers, correspondence collections, institutional records, and particularly by establishing personal contact and communication with family members and colleagues, Professor Dykhuizen has been able to develop a comprehensive, minutely accurate, definitive portrait of John Dewey. Without point of view or thesis, the book systematically examines the life and mind of the man often called the philosopher of American democracy.. Since Dewey’s career and public services were even more extensive and varied than his writings, a knowledge of the
For thebest biography of John Dewey,one can now turn to this patiently researched, carefully detailed book by George Dykhuizen.”Phi Delta Kappan
Great source of detailed information Great source of detailed information not otherwise available. Well researched and with many, many documented citations. I really likes the included photos that makes John Dewey seem alive again.. AN EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY OF A PROMINENT AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educational theorist and reformer; fellow philosopher and student of his work George Dykhuizen has written (in 1973) this comprehensive and engaging look at his work.Dewey began as an evangelical Christian. After a "mystical experience" in high school, "For the next dozen years, he maintained membership in a church, attended religious services; when he prayed he did so as though