Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy Routledge Studies in American Philosophy Series
Auteur : Forstenzer Joshua
This book proposes a pragmatist methodological framework for generating practically relevant political philosophy. It draws on John Dewey?s social and political philosophy to develop an "experimentalist" method, thus charting a middle course between idealism and realism in political philosophy. Deweyan experimentalism promises to balance civic deliberation, empirical facts, and moral considerations by reconstructing Dewey?s pragmatist conceptions of ?philosophy? and ?democracy? from the perspective of social action. While some authors have taken the steps to articulate Dewey?s experimentalism, they have focused on institutional rather than methodological implications. This book is original in the ways in which it situates the role of ideas in political practice and contemporary political problems. Additionally, it underlines the similarities between today and the historical context in which Dewey wrote, connects Dewey?s social and political philosophy to Greek and Roman mythology, and concludes with a timely case study in which the author?s methodological insights are applied. The result is a book that offers a focused reconstruction of Dewey?s work and shows its relevance for engaging with contemporary issues in political philosophy and political theory.
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1: The Problem of Method in Political Philosophy
Part II
Chapter 2: In Pursuit of Relevance: Dewey's Pragmatist Rejection of the Quest for Certainty
Chapter 3: Dewey’s Experimentalist Conception of the Role of Philosophy
Chapter 4: Objecting to Dewey’s Philosophic Ideal
Part III
Chapter 5: Dewey’s Call for Democratic Renewal
Chapter 6: Dewey’s Democratic Ideal: Democracy as a Way of Life
Chapter 7: Traditional Objections to Deweyan Democracy
Chapter 8: Deweyan Democracy, Robert Talisse and the Fact of Reasonable Pluralism
Part IV
Chapter 9: The Question of Method: Deweyan Experimentalism in Political Philosophy
Chapter 10: Experimentalism as a Method for 21st Century Political Philosophy: Democratic Innovation, Participatory Budgeting, and Civic Studies
Joshua Forstenzer is a Faculty Fellow in the Social Sciences and the co-director of the Centre for Engaged Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Prior to that, he was the Vice-Chancellor's Fellow for the Public Benefit of Higher Education also at the University of Sheffield and a Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, USA. His work has been published in ThePolitical Quarterly, TheTransactions of the Charles Sanders Peirce Society, and The Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies. He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Sheffield.
Date de parution : 06-2021
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 03-2019
15.2x22.9 cm
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