John Dewey In China

Author : Jessica Ching-Sze Wang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791479544

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John Dewey in China by Jessica Ching-Sze Wang Pdf

Combining biography with philosophy, this book explores John Dewey's two-year trip to China (1919–1921) and its legacy for him as a teacher and a learner. Jessica Ching-Sze Wang looks at how Dewey was received in China, what he learned, and how he was changed as a result. She examines the intriguing dynamics shaping China's reactions to Dewey and Dewey's interpretations of China, and details the evolving process in which Dewey came to understand China on its own terms, rather than from Eurocentric perspectives. Tracing China's influence on Dewey, Wang considers how his visit contributed to the subsequent development of his social and political philosophy. China provided a unique vantage point for Dewey to observe international politics, which led him to reconsider the meaning of internationalism. Also, his exposure to Chinese communal culture enabled him to reject the Western preoccupation with democracy in politics and to emphasize democracy as all-encompassing culture. Finally, Wang discusses how Dewey's own observations and appraisals of Chinese society can give credence to the notion of Confucian democracy for China.

Author : Jessica Ching-Sze Wang
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791472035

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John Dewey in China by Jessica Ching-Sze Wang Pdf

Shows how John Dewey’s visit to China from 1919 to 1921 influenced his social and political thought.

Author : Barry Keenan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684172122

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The Dewey Experiment in China by Barry Keenan Pdf

Examines John Dewey's lectures in China between 1919 and 1921 and the impact of his progressive ideas on educational reform in that country.

Author : Jim Behuniak
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438474472

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John Dewey and Confucian Thought by Jim Behuniak Pdf

Assesses John Dewey’s visit to China in 1919–21 as an “intra-cultural” episode and promotes “Chinese natural philosophy” as a philosophical context in which to understand the connections between Dewey’s philosophy and early Confucian thinking. In this conclusion to his two-volume series, Jim Behuniak builds upon the groundbreaking work begun in John Dewey and Daoist Thought in arguing that “Chinese natural philosophy” is the proper hermeneutical context in which to understand early Confucianism. First, he traces Dewey’s late-period “cultural turn” in more detail and then proceeds to assess Dewey’s visit to China in 1919–21 as a multifaceted “intra-cultural” episode: one that includes not only what Dewey taught his Chinese audiences, but also what he learned in China and what we stand to learn from this encounter today. “Dewey in China” provides an opportunity to continue establishing “specific philosophical relationships” between Dewey and Confucian thought for the purpose of getting ourselves “back in gear” with contemporary thinking in the social and natural sciences. To this end, Behuniak critically assesses readings of early Chinese thought reliant on outdated Greek-medieval assumptions, paying particular attention to readings of early Confucianism that rely heavily on Western virtue ethics, such as the “Heaven’s plan” reading. Topics covered include education, tradition, ethics, the family, human nature, and religiousness—thus engaging Dewey with themes generally associated with Confucian thought. “Attacking the distinction of Eastern versus Western philosophical cultures, these volumes create a detailed intra-cultural Deweyan-Chinese thought on many levels at once. Using Dewey to reinterpret the Daoist and Confucian traditions from their sources, Behuniak weaves an intra-cultural philosophical trajectory that stretches from the sixth-century BCE China to Columbia University in New York City. The result is one of the philosophical masterpieces of our time.” — Robert Cummings Neville, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology, Boston University

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B4087916

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Lectures in China, 1919-1920 by John Dewey Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004511477

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John Dewey and Chinese Education by Anonim Pdf

By critically reviewing the event of Dewey’s visit to China (1919-1921) through historical, philosophical and comparative perspectives, this book finds new value to revive the dialogue between Dewey and Eastern philosophies as a way to respond to contemporary educational challenges.

Author : Roger T. Ames,David L. Hall
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812699388

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The Democracy of the Dead by Roger T. Ames,David L. Hall Pdf

Will democracy figure prominently in China's future? If so, what kind of democracy? In this insightful and thought-provoking book, David Hall and Roger Ames explore such questions and, in the course of answering them, look to the ideas of John Dewey and Confucius. Those most sanguine about the future of Chinese-Western relations presume that a modernized China will be essentially westernized as well. They believe that in order to enter the family of nations China must be transformed into a liberal democracy, complete with free enterprise capitalism and rational technologies. Only in this manner, so this argument goes, can there be hope for increased rights and freedoms for the individual Chinese. Contrary to this view, the authors argue that it is a mistake to equate modernization with westernization and to believe that individualist, rights-based democracy and its economic and technological accouterments are inevitable consequences of civilized development. Modernity, the authors claim, far from being a universal expression of the human spirit, is a peculiarly Western invention which must be adapted significantly if it is to be useful in a Chinese environment. In The Democracy of the Dead, Hall and Ames argue for the viability of the traditional Chinese cultural sensibility and claim that the China which may well come to dominate the global culture of the twenty-first century will not be a society of increasingly rugged individuals, nor will it be the Netscaped, McDonaldized Theme Park of which Western entrepreneurs have begun to dream. Rather, China is likely to maintain far more of its traditional character than most now suspect possible, and will, therefore, enter the modernworld largely on its own terms. Hall and Ames argue that accommodating the legitimate desires of the Chinese people will require the promotion of a communitarian form of democracy seriously at odds with the liberal democratic model which dominates Western democracies. This will best be accomplished by appealing to the communitarian strain of thought within our own tradition. To this end the authors offer John Dewey's theory of democracy, that of the "communicating community", as the vision which is best suited to engage the realities of Chinese social practice and to promote the realization of a Confucian democracy in China.

Author : Lei Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783658275686

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John Dewey’s Democratic Education and its Influence on Pedagogy in China 1917-1937 by Lei Wang Pdf

Lei Wang researches John Dewey’s pedagogical influence on the historical context of China and compares his observations and his basic democratic approach with the concepts and practical implementation of his Chinese students. As a result, it turns out that the spread of pragmatic philosophy in China was accompanied by reductionism, misunderstandings, Confucian doctrine and nationalism and that Dewey’s reform proposals can open a democratic perspective on current challenges in Chinese society. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Dewey’s research trip to China, the author emphasizes the contemporary significance of his work. The results of her study can clarify and correct errors that continue to have effect today.

Author : Jim Behuniak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : Yong Huang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791477199

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Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism by Yong Huang Pdf

Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism offers a fascinating conversation between Confucianism, historically the dominant tradition in Chinese thought and society, and the contemporary philosophy of Richard Rorty. Well aware that his philosophical hero, John Dewey, has had a lasting influence among Chinese intellectuals, Rorty expressed a wish that his own books, which have been rapidly translated into Chinese, be read as an updated version of Dewey's philosophy. In this book, twelve authors engage Rorty's thought in a hermeneutic dialogue with Confucianism, using Confucianism to interpret and reconstruct Rorty while exploring such topics as human nature, moral psychology, moral relativism, moral progress, democracy, tradition, moral metaphysics, and religiosity. Rorty himself provides a detailed reply to each author.

Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell Pdf

A detailed study of China's economic, political and cultural history, renowned philosopher and scholar Bertrand Russell's book 'The Problem of China' can be read by social sciences scholars and economists interested in studying this region of diverse continent Asia.

Author : T. Popkewitz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : John Dewey
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781473382800

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Democracy and Education by John Dewey Pdf

This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive treatise on democracy and education, being an introduction to the 'philosophy of education'. Written in clear, concise language and full of interesting expositions and thought-provoking assertions, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in the role of education in society, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Education as a Necessity of Life'; 'Education as a Social Function'; 'Education as Direction'; 'Education as Growth'; 'Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline'; 'Education as Conservative and Progressive'; 'The Democratic Conception in Education'; 'Aims in Education', etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.

Author : Xu Guoqi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674966901

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Chinese and Americans by Xu Guoqi Pdf

Using culture rather than politics or economics as a reference point, Xu Guoqi highlights significant yet neglected cultural exchanges in which China and America have contributed to each other’s national development, building the foundation of what Zhou Enlai called a relationship of “equality and mutual benefit.”

Author : Sor-hoon Tan
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791458903

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Confucian Democracy by Sor-hoon Tan Pdf

Using both Confucian texts and the work of American pragmatist John Dewey, this book offers a distinctly Confucian model of democracy.