Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense
Deweyan Growth in an Age of Nihilism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naoko Saito (0000-0003-3996-2410, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-263 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.00273 |
| OpenAlex | W2072770358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the context of contemporary nihilistic tendencies in democracy and education, Dewey’s pragmatism must respond to the criticism that it lacks a tragic sense. By highlighting the Emersonian perfectionist dimension latent in the concept of growth, this paper attempts to reveal a sense of the tragic in Dewey’s work—his humble recognition of the double nature of democracy as both attained and unattained. It is precisely the lack of this sense of the tragic that characterises contemporary nihilism. In resistance to this, Deweyan growth points to a perfectionist education committed to the re–awakening of intensity of impulse
Context (archaeology · Criticism · Democracy · Epistemology · Nihilism · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |