John Dewey and the paradox of liberal reform
By: William Andrew Paringer.
Series: SUNY series, global conflict and peace education
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Dewey, John, 1859-1952; Education -- Philosophy
Description: This book provides a fresh critique of John Dewey and the progressive tradition and warns against the superficial renaissance of Deweyan philosophy present in many of today's modern liberal educational reform movements. Challenging the four pillars of Dewey's pragmatism--science, nature, democracy, experience--Paringer argues for a critical or radical education praxis that more sensitively comes to grips with the difficulties of teh nuclearized, postmodern world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-215).