Equality Beyond Debate: John Dewey's Pragmatic Idea of Democracy

by Jeff Jackson

While many current analyses of democracy focus on creating a more civil, respectful debate among competing political viewpoints, this study argues that the existence of structural social inequality requires us to go beyond the realm of political debate. Challenging prominent contemporary theories of democracy, the author draws on John Dewey to bring the work of combating social inequality into the forefront of democratic thought. Dewey's 'pragmatic'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108428576
• ISBN13: 9781108428576
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"