The Public and Its Problems

Dewey, John

ISBN 10: 0804002541 / ISBN 13: 9780804002547

Published by Swallow Press, 1954

About this Item

[Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Shelf wear. Contains Philip Morgan's personal notes. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Public and Its Problems
• Publisher: Swallow Press
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804002541
• ISBN 13: 9780804002547
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 10 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Science

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Synopsis

A classic in social and political philosophy. In his characteristic and provocative dialectic style, John Dewey clarifies the meaning and implications of such concepts as “the public,” “the state,” “government,” and “political democracy”; distinguishes his a posteriori reasoning from a priori reasoning which, he argues, permeates less meaningful discussions of basic concepts; and repeatedly demonstrates the interrelationships between fact and theory. As in his other writings, Dewey exhibits his strong faith in the potential of human intelligence to solve the public’s problems.

About the Author

John Dewey (1859–1952) was one of the United States’ most influential political philosophers, defenders of democracy, and social and educational reformers. His many works encompass psychology, educational theory, and philosophy.