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9780791472040

John Dewey in China: To Teach and to Learn

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    9780791472040

  • ISBN10:

    0791472043

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-06-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jessica Ching-Sze Wang is Assistant Professor of Education and Philosophy at National Chiayi University in Taiwan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Dewey and May Fourth Chinap. 1
Enacting a Historical Dramap. 1
Rethinking Dewey's Visit in Chinap. 5
The Encounter between Dewey and China: Then and Nowp. 8
Overview of Upcoming Chaptersp. 9
Dewey as a Teacherp. 13
Dewey as a Modern Confuciusp. 14
Dewey as "Mr. Science"p. 15
Dewey as "Mr. Democracy"p. 16
Dewey as the Common People's Educatorp. 20
Dewey as a Democratic Teacherp. 22
Whose Teaching? Or Hu's Teaching?p. 30
The Reception of Dewey in Chinap. 41
The Dewey Fadp. 42
Marxist Challenges to Dewey's Social and Political Philosophyp. 46
Traditionalist Responses to Dewey's Educational Philosophyp. 53
Reconsidering "The Dewey Experiment"p. 62
Dewey as a Learnerp. 65
Dewey as a Political Commentatorp. 66
Dewey as a Goodwill Ambassadorp. 70
Dewey as a Cultural Anthropologistp. 74
A Fruitful Journey to the Eastp. 83
The Influence of China on Dewey's Social and Political Philosophyp. 87
Rethinking Internationalismp. 87
Replacing the State with the Publicp. 93
Reconstructing Democracyp. 102
Mapping Out a Future for Confucian Democracyp. 115
Continuing the Dialogue on Dewey and Chinap. 121
Notesp. 125
Bibliographyp. 141
Indexp. 149
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