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John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life - The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World (Hardcover, New)
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John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life - The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World (Hardcover, New)
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This book uses John Dewey to articulate discursive practices that
would help citizens form better intellectual and moral
relationships with their fragmented, shifting political
environment. These practices do not impart more or better
information to citizens, but instead consist in dialog exhibiting
rhythms and patterns that increase their interest in inquiring how
distant events and communities affect their individual lives. The
basis for these practices can be found in Dewey's claim that
teachers can lead class discussions with particular "aesthetic"
qualities that encourage students to expand the scale of the realm
of events that they deem important to their lives. The ability to
forge moral and intellectual links with distant political events
becomes all the more necessary in our current environment-not only
are individuals' lives increasingly affected by global events, but
also such events constantly shift across an increasingly "liquid"
social landscape comprised of decentralized institutions,
instantaneous communication and easy transportation. Dewey saw
early on how such "aesthetics" of society, or its spatial and
temporal qualities, might undermine citizens' understanding and
concern for the larger public. This concern for how the movement
and location of elements of the social environment might affect
citizen perception ties Dewey to many contemporary geographers,
economists and social theorists normally not associated with his
work. If Dewey's classrooms were to be reinterpreted as political
associations and his teachers as organizers, individuals discussing
the origins of their seemingly local issues in such associations
could forge passionate moral connections with the contemporary
liquid public. Subsequently, they might begin to increasingly care
for, participate in global politics and seek solidarity with
seemingly distant communities.
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