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Argumentation, Conflict, and Teaching Citizens: Remarks on a Theme in Recent Dewey Scholarship

Argumentation, Conflict, and Teaching Citizens: Remarks on a Theme in Recent Dewey Scholarship ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY 39 (Winter 2003): 214-221 IJ REVIEW ESSAY ARGUMENTATION, CONFLICT, AND TEACIDNG CITIZENS: REMARKS ON A THEME IN RECENT DEWEY SCHOLARSIHP Lenore Langsdorf* writes, "Dewey appears as a major contrib­ Two new monographs by political scien­ tists on aspects of John Dewey's social and utor to the emerging theory of participatory political theory, along with a new collection democracy[ ... ] Far from having left Dewey behind, we may just now be catching up with of essays, primarily by philosophers, which him" (pp. 1-2). He goes on to focus on Dew­ develops interpretations of the whole of ey's recognition of conflict as intrinsic to the Dewey's work from a particular theoretical human condition, and thus, as inescapable in perspective, send me back to a fourth book, democratic political life. This characteriza­ which I read a decade ago and to which I tion suggests that, rather than wishing it have returned often. In this essay, I would away, we can value conflict as an impetus for like to commend these books to argumenta­ deliberation toward meliorative ends-in­ tion theorists by focusing on their relevance view that emerge in discourse. for those of us interested in alternative con­ The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

Argumentation, Conflict, and Teaching Citizens: Remarks on a Theme in Recent Dewey Scholarship

Langsdorf, Lenore
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 39 (3): 8 – Jan 1, 2003
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Argumentation, Conflict, and Teaching Citizens: Remarks on a Theme in Recent Dewey Scholarship

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ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY 39 (Winter 2003): 214-221 IJ REVIEW ESSAY ARGUMENTATION, CONFLICT, AND TEACIDNG CITIZENS: REMARKS ON A THEME IN RECENT DEWEY SCHOLARSIHP Lenore Langsdorf* writes, "Dewey appears as a major contrib­ Two new monographs by political scien­ tists on aspects of John Dewey's social and utor to the emerging theory of participatory political theory, along with a new collection democracy[ ... ] Far from having left Dewey behind, we may just now be catching...
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10.1080/00028533.2003.11821588
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ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY 39 (Winter 2003): 214-221 IJ REVIEW ESSAY ARGUMENTATION, CONFLICT, AND TEACIDNG CITIZENS: REMARKS ON A THEME IN RECENT DEWEY SCHOLARSIHP Lenore Langsdorf* writes, "Dewey appears as a major contrib­ Two new monographs by political scien­ tists on aspects of John Dewey's social and utor to the emerging theory of participatory political theory, along with a new collection democracy[ ... ] Far from having left Dewey behind, we may just now be catching up with of essays, primarily by philosophers, which him" (pp. 1-2). He goes on to focus on Dew­ develops interpretations of the whole of ey's recognition of conflict as intrinsic to the Dewey's work from a particular theoretical human condition, and thus, as inescapable in perspective, send me back to a fourth book, democratic political life. This characteriza­ which I read a decade ago and to which I tion suggests that, rather than wishing it have returned often. In this essay, I would away, we can value conflict as an impetus for like to commend these books to argumenta­ deliberation toward meliorative ends-in­ tion theorists by focusing on their relevance view that emerge in discourse. for those of us interested in alternative con­ The

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References

  • Regulating Disagreement, Constituting Participants: A Critique of Proceduralist Theories of Democracy
  • Argument as Inquiry in a Postmodern Context