The Life and Mind of John Dewey - Hardcover

Dykhuizen, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809306166 ISBN 13: 9780809306169

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973

Synopsis

Since Dewey’s career and public ser­vices were even more extensive and varied than his writings, a knowledge of them is necessary for any adequate interpretation of his ideas and publi­cations. 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.

About this title

About the Author

George Dykhuizen is James Marsh Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Vermont, where he taught for forty years. Long an admirer and student of Dewey’s work, he came in the 1940s to know both Dewey and his second wife, Roberta.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809306166
• ISBN 13: 9780809306169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480