The gleam of light moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

Author/creator Saito, Naoko
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAmerican philosophy series, 1073-2764 ; no. 16
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.
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LCCN 2005003333
ISBN0823224627 (hardcover)
ISBN9780823224623 (hardcover)

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