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Dewey John Dewey (1859–1952) was the dominant voice in American philosophy through the world wars, the Great Depression, and the nascent years of the Cold War.With a professional career spanning three generations and a profile that no public intellectual has oper- ated on in the US since, Dewey has been accuratelydescribed by his biographer, Robert Westbrook, as “the most important philosopher in modern American history.” In this superb and engaging introduction, Steven Fesmire begins with a chapter on Dewey’s life and works, before discussing and assessingDewey’skeyideasacrossthemajordisciplinesinphilosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, educational philosophy, social-political philosophy, and religious philosophy. This is an invaluable introduction and guide to this deeply influ- ential philosopher and his legacy, and essential reading for anyone coming to Dewey’s work for the first time. Steven Fesmire is Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA. He is the author of John Dewey and Moral Imagination, winner of a 2005 Choice Outstanding Academic Title award. Routledge Philosophers Edited by Brian Leiter UniversityofChicago Routledge Philosophers is a major series of introductions to the great Western philoso- phers. Each book places a major philosopher or thinker in historical context, explains and assesses their key arguments, and considers their legacy. Additional features include a chronology of major dates and events, chapter summaries, annotatedsuggestionsforfurther readingandaglossaryoftechnicalterms. An ideal starting point for those new to philosophy, they are also essential readingforthoseinterestedinthesubject atanylevel. Available: Hobbes Merleau-Ponty APMartinich TaylorCarman Leibniz Russell NicholasJolley GregoryLandini Locke Wittgenstein EJLowe WilliamChild Hegel Heidegger FrederickBeiser JohnRichardson Rousseau Adorno NicholasDent BrianO’Connor Schopenhauer Husserl,secondedition JulianYoung DavidWoodruffSmith Freud Aristotle,secondedition JonathanLear ChristopherShields Darwin Kant,secondedition TimLewens PaulGuyer Rawls Hume SamuelFreeman DonGarrett Spinoza Dewey MichaelDellaRocca StevenFesmire Forthcoming: Freud,secondedition Plato JonathanLear ConstanceMeinwald Habermas Einstein KennethBaynes ThomasRyckmanandArthurFine Nietzsche Mill MaudemarieClark DanielJacobson Berkeley Cassirer LisaDowningandDavidHilbert SamanthaMatherne Plotinus Kierkegaard EyjólfurEmilsson PaulMuench Levinas MichaelMorgan This page intentionally left blank Steven Fesmire Dewey Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK Firstpublished2015 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2015StevenFesmire TherightofStevenFesmiretobeidentifiedastheauthorofthis workhasbeenassertedbyhiminaccordancewithsections77 and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedor reproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic, mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafter invented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinany informationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybe trademarksorregisteredtrademarks,andareusedonlyfor identificationandexplanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Fesmire,Steven,1967– Dewey/byStevenFesmire. pagescm.–(TheRoutledgephilosophers) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Dewey,John,1859–1952.I.Title. B945.D44F432014 191–dc23 2014023953 ISBN:978-0-415-78274-6(hbk) ISBN:978-0-415-78275-3(pbk) ISBN:978-0-203-81689-9(ebk) TypesetinJoannaMTandDin byCenveoPublisherServices For Jamie This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv Chronology xvii Introduction 1 Notes 8 Furtherreading 9 One Life and works 10 AreyourightwithJesus,John? 10 Fromabsolutism toexperimentalism 14 Educator,educated 18 Thephilosopheroftheprogressiveera 20 Thephilosopherofdemocracy athomeandabroad 24 Retirement? 27 ReadingDeweyandthe“lost”book 31 Summary 33 Notes 34 Furtherreading 37
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