Dewey Runs Away

Author : Jim Behuniak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438474519

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John Dewey and Daoist Thought by Jim Behuniak Pdf

In this timely and original work, Dewey's late-period "cultural turn" is recovered and "intra-cultural philosophy" proposed as its next logical step—a step beyond what is commonly known as comparative philosophy. The first of two volumes, John Dewey and Daoist Thought argues that early Chinese thought is poised to join forces with Dewey in meeting our most urgent cultural needs: namely, helping us to correct our outdated Greek-medieval assumptions, especially where these result in pre-Darwinian inferences about the world. Relying on the latest research in both Chinese and American philosophies, Jim Behuniak establishes "specific philosophical relationships" between Dewey's ideas and early Daoist thought, suggesting how, together, they can assist us in getting our thinking "back in gear" with the world as it is currently known through the biological, physical, and cognitive sciences. Topics covered include the organization of organic form, teleology, cosmology, knowledge, the body, and technolog—thus engaging Dewey with themes generally associated with Daoist thought. Volume one works to establish "Chinese natural philosophy" as an empirical framework in which to consider cultural-level phenomena in volume two.

Author : Kai Alhanen
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789528006923

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John Dewey's Ecology of Experience by Kai Alhanen Pdf

John Dewey’s philosophy is becoming extremely relevant for our times. From being one of the best-known thinkers in the world in the early 1900s, Dewey’s ideas went into near oblivion for decades. Now it seems that his philosophy was well ahead of his time. Most notably, he created a new philosophy of experience that enables us to rethink our place within nature. The main innovation of Dewey’s thinking was his new way of understanding the experience of all living beings. Influenced by the theory of evolution, he understood experience as a continuously developing interaction between acting individuals and their environments. From this perspective, Dewey detected the fragmentation of experiences inherent within the modern way of life. The tools he developed to counter this are based upon learning collectively from individual experiences. John Dewey’s Ecology of Experience reveals the relevance of Dewey’s ideas for our contemporary social, political and ecological crises. It creates a comprehensive picture of his thinking on human psychology, education, ethics, science, art and religion. In its conclusion, the book assesses the main theme in his political philosophy: the democratic way of life.

Author : Keith Lee Morris
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316335805

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Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris Pdf

A chilling fable about a family marooned in a snowbound town whose grievous history intrudes on the dreamlike present. The Addisons-Julia and Tonio, ten-year-old Dewey, and derelict Uncle Robbie-are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet another trip to rehab. When a terrifying blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge in the town at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and eerie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent. Once inside the hotel, the family is separated. As Julia and Tonio drift through the maze of the hotel's spectral interiors, struggling to make sense of the building's alluring powers, Dewey ventures outward to a secret-filled diner across the street. Meanwhile, a desperate Robbie quickly succumbs to his old vices, drifting ever further from the ones who love him most. With each passing hour, dreams and memories blur, tearing a hole in the fabric of our perceived reality and leaving the Addisons in a ceaseless search for one another. At each turn a mysterious force prevents them from reuniting, until at last Julia is faced with an impossible choice. Can this mother save her family from the fate of becoming Souvenirs-those citizens trapped forever in magnetic Good Night-or, worse, from disappearing entirely? With the fearsome intensity of a ghost story, the magical spark of a fairy tale, and the emotional depth of the finest family sagas, Keith Lee Morris takes us on a journey beyond the realm of the known. Featuring prose as dizzyingly beautiful as the mystical world Morris creates, Travelers Rest is both a mind-altering meditation on the nature of consciousness and a heartbreaking story of a family on the brink of survival.

Author : Tim Wood
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387526192

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The Dewey Chronicles Reader by Tim Wood Pdf

Dewey Webster is admitted country hick from Tennessee. He has torn up numerous bars, hired a mob lawyer to settle a divorce, acted on off-off-off-Broadway, and has written pulp fiction stories. The large-bodied Dewey's adventures take place in 1947. Previously told in the "Dewey Chronicles" series, these stories are combined in one volume for the first time. Follow Dewey as he becomes a covert operator for the U.S. government; fights evil extra-terrestrial aliens; defends his dog in court; and goes back in time to the medieval ages. While Dewey is hard-headed and is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, he has unusual insight and a straightforward approach to life that serves him well. A good right-hand haymaker punch comes in handy, too. Give Dewey a pickup, a shotgun and a good "dawg," and he'll take on anything or anyone at any time.

Author : Sam Silbiger
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822241386

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Six Years Old by Sam Silbiger Pdf

Adalaide is six years old, and she knows a few things: Her stupid babysitter Kim is stupid, her younger brother Dewey is a naked mole rat, and she does NOT like being treated like a girl. Though Kim takes Adalaide’s frustrations seriously and tries to offer support, Adalaide’s family and peers discourage her, leaving her to seek out dangerous measures in order to transform into who she was born to be (her hero, Han Solo). SIX YEARS OLD is a comic and poignant play reflecting back on the wild fantasies and serious desires of queer childhood.

Author : Andrew E. Busch
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700618675

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Truman's Triumphs by Andrew E. Busch Pdf

The Chicago Tribune headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" remains infamously wrong about the outcome of the 1948 presidential election. But, as Andrew Busch reveals, there is much more to this story than the well-worn image of a victorious and beaming President Harry Truman parading the newspaper's erroneously headlined front page for all to see. Primarily a contest between Truman and challenger Thomas Dewey, the 1948 presidential race offered something for everyone, including two third-party candidates (Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace), triumphant grit, tragic hubris, dangerous naivet, accidents of fate, accusations of betrayal, foreign crises, the birth of Israel in the Middle East, a dramatic special session of Congress, internecine battles among unions and liberals, spies, extremists galore (including Ku Klux Klansmen and Communists), the first televised convention, wayward polls, and, of course, a final result that surprised many. Amid a small library of books on the topic, Busch's stands out by offering the best scholarly study available--and the most readable. His fresh account goes beyond previous work by examining more closely the nomination season, key congressional elections, and the state of public opinion. He also digs into splits in both parties-the Democrats seeing Southern segregationists and the far left run their own candidates and the Republicans facing a division between philosophical wings representing the 80th Congress and the presidential ticket--and tells why the Republican schism proved more damaging. He concludes that the election was especially significant as an affirmation of the New Deal, of anti-Communist containment, and of gradual progress in civil rights--all of which established the political baseline for postwar America. Even readers knowledgeable about Truman's 1948 victory will discover new findings in this fresh and revealing account of that dramatic race. Truman's Triumphs recalls a contest with more twists and turns-and a different outcome-than most contemporaries anticipated, and makes engaging reading for scholar and history buff alike.

Author : Wanda M. Morris
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063082519

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Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris Pdf

As Seen on The TODAY Show! Called One of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by New York Times * NPR * New York Post * Washington Post * Buzzfeed * South Florida Sun-Sentinel * Library Journal * CrimeReads From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind? It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, twenty-one year old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. With the help of her white beau, Violet escapes. But desperation and fear leads her to hide out in the small rural town of Chillicothe, Georgia, unaware that danger may be closer than she thinks. Back in Jackson, Marigold, Violet’s older sister, has dreams of attending law school. Working for the Mississippi Summer Project, she has been trying to use her smarts to further the cause of the Black vote. But Marigold is in a different kind of trouble: she’s pregnant and unmarried. After news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold sees no choice but to flee Jackson too. She heads North seeking the promise of a better life and no more segregation. But has she made a terrible choice that threatens her life and that of her unborn child? Two sisters on the run—one from the law, the other from social shame. What they don’t realize is that there’s a man hot on their trail. This man has his own brand of dark secrets and a disturbing motive for finding the sisters that is unknown to everyone but him . . . “Anywhere You Run had me hooked from the first page... It’s a novel both tender and ferocious—an absolute stunner.” —Lou Berney, Edgar Award–winning author of November Road

Author : J.E. Tiles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136957215

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Dewey-Arg Philosophers by J.E. Tiles Pdf

First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. Someone relatively new to philosophy might expect from the series title to have here a book about the disputes in which John Dewey engaged with other philosophers. ‘Arguments’ in the present context, however, refers to a general way of articulating thoughts, that is by offering some as reasons for holding others.

Author : R. J. Prieto
Publisher : Elite Publishers of North A
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9780972323307

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Dewey's Christmas Adventure by R. J. Prieto Pdf

Dewey Rabbit's son, Kyle, is sick with the fever. Only a miracle can save him. Dewey and friends, Mac the Raccoon and Charlie Fox, set out on a journey to the North Pole to ask Santa for the miracle. Along the way they make new friends and encounter unexpected dangers including Kreel, a deadly Polar bear determined to stop them. From their own forest to an arctic wasteland, it's a story of friendship and sacrifice. It's about believing in the unbelievable, sure to tug at your emotions. The mystery is the magic, Dewey is told, but even magic may not be enough to save young Kyle.

Author : Thomas Dalton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253109347

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Becoming John Dewey by Thomas Dalton Pdf

As one of America's "public intellectuals," John Dewey was engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more than just a philosopher; it compelled him to become thoroughly familiar with the theories and methods of physics, psychology, and neurosciences, as well as become engaged in educational and social reform. Tapping archival sources and Dewey's extensive correspondence, Dalton reveals that Dewey had close personal and intellectual ties to scientists and scholars who helped form the mature expression of his thought. Dewey's relationships with F. M. Alexander, Henri Matisse, Niels Bohr, Myrtle McGraw, and Lawrence K. Frank, among others, show how Dewey dispersed pragmatism throughout American thought and culture.

Author : Vicki Myron
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780446542203

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Dewey by Vicki Myron Pdf

Experience the uplifting, "unforgettable" New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world -- with over 2 million copies sold! (Booklist) Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old--a critical age for kittens--he was stuffed into the return book slot of the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most. As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming community slowly working its way back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788027225989

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Shaping Tomorrow's Education: John Dewey's Edition - 9 Books in One Volume by John Dewey Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "Shaping Tomorrow's Education: John Dewey's Edition - 9 Books in One Volume". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education The Child and the Curriculum The School and Society Schools Of To-morrow The Schools of Utopia Moral Principles in Education Interest and Effort in Education Health and Sex in Higher Education My Pedagogic Creed John Dewey (1859-1952) is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology. His ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Known for his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements—schools and civil society—to be major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality.

Author : Silent Fray
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291896244

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Undercurrents of Fear by Silent Fray Pdf

Author : T. Popkewitz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781403978417

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Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey by T. Popkewitz Pdf

This collection includes original studies from scholars from thirteen nations, who explore the epistemic features figured in John Dewey's writings in his discourses on public schooling. Pragmatism was one of the weapons used in the struggles about the development of the child who becomes the future citizen. The significance of Dewey in the book is not about Dewey as the messenger of pragmatism, but in locating different cultural, political and educational terrains in which debates about modernity, the modern self and the making of the citizen occurred.

Author : J. E. Tiles,Jim E. Tiles
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415053167

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John Dewey by J. E. Tiles,Jim E. Tiles Pdf

Draws together 96 articles to form a comprehensive critical commentary on Dewey's work for those who need to assess his vital contributions to psychology, education, political theory, ethics, epistemology, aesthetics or metaphysics.