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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPragmatism and Social Hope is an important contribution. Judith M. Green revives a strand of American pragmatism that was evident in the progressive movements of the first decades of the twentieth century but has, for the most part, been dormant through successive periods of positivism, radicalism, and postmodernism (together with its cousin, neopragmatism). Her book demonstrates how a robust version of pragmatism can affect the lives of human beings and their communities. -- Larry Hickman, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts 1. Achieving Our Country, Achieving Our World: Rorty, Baldwin, and Social Hope 2. American Dreaming: From Loss and Fear to Vision and Hope 3. Hope's Progress: Remembering Dewey's Pragmatist Social Epistemology in the Twenty-first Century 4. Choosing Our History, Choosing Our Hopes: Truth and Reconciliation Between Our Past and Our Future 5. Trying Deeper Democracy: Pragmatist Lessons from the American Experience 6. The Continuously Planning City: Imperatives and Examples for Deepening Democracy 7. The Hope of Democratic Living: Choosing Active Citizen Participation for Preferable Global Futures Notes Bibliography Index
