The Gleam of Light : Moral Perfectionism and Education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2005Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823283095
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 191 22
LOC classification:
  • B945.D44 S23 2005
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Contents:
In search of light in democracy and education: Deweyan growth in an age of nihilism -- Dewey between Hegel and Darwin -- Emerson's voice: Dewey beyond Hegel and Darwin -- Emersonian moral perfectionism: gaining from the closeness between Dewey and Emerson -- Dewey's Emersonian view of ends -- Growth and the social reconstruction of criteria: gaining from the distance between Dewey and Emerson -- The gleam of light: reconstruction toward holistic growth -- The gleam of light lost: transcending the tragic with Dewey after Emerson -- The rekindling of the gleam of light: toward perfectionist education.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.

In search of light in democracy and education: Deweyan growth in an age of nihilism -- Dewey between Hegel and Darwin -- Emerson's voice: Dewey beyond Hegel and Darwin -- Emersonian moral perfectionism: gaining from the closeness between Dewey and Emerson -- Dewey's Emersonian view of ends -- Growth and the social reconstruction of criteria: gaining from the distance between Dewey and Emerson -- The gleam of light: reconstruction toward holistic growth -- The gleam of light lost: transcending the tragic with Dewey after Emerson -- The rekindling of the gleam of light: toward perfectionist education.

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