Deep Democracy

Community, Diversity, and Transformation

By: Judith M. Green

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Deeply understood, democracy is more than a ''formal'' institutional framework for which America provides the model, acting as a preferable alternative to the modern totalitarian regimes that have distorted social life around the world. At its core, as John Dewey understood, democracy is a realistic ideal, a desired and desirable future possibility that is yet-to-be. In this period of global crises in differing cultures, a shared environment, and an increasingly globalized political economy, this book provides a clear contemporary articulation of deep democracy that can guide an evolutionary deepening of democratic institutions, of habits of the heart, and of the processes of education and social inquiry that support them.

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Deep Democracy is a refreshing and optimistic look at the usefulness of philosophy and philosopers, a well-researched study of theorists who model a commitment to human flourishing, a specific and well-grounded guidebook for building communities and recovering from "ontological rootlessness" and "existential nihilism", and an important call to philosophers to overcome their own theoretical differences and work toward "democratically deepening our hearts and minds" (xiii).--Journal of Speculative Philosophy

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Acknowledgments	p. iii
Introduction	p. v
The Diverse Community or the Unoppressive City: Which Ideal for a Transformative Politics of Difference?	p. 1
Transformative Communication toward Democratic Communities: Pragmatism or Critical Theory?	p. 14
Introduction	p. 14
Preliminary Critical-Reconstructive Negotiations: Pragmatism and Critical Theory	p. 16
Toward a Comprehensive Philosophy of Democratic Transformation	p. 33
Differing Voices at the Theory Table: Feminism and Cultural Pluralism	p. 41
Some Concluding Thoughts: Give Peace a Chance	p. 48
The Deeply Democratic Community: Reconstructing Dewey's Transformative Ideal	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
Diversity within Dewey's Contextualized Discussions of the Democratic Ideal	p. 55
Democratic Education as Growth of the Individual, Culture, and Society	p. 62
Cross-Difference Coalitions and Diverse, Deeply Democratic Communities	p. 71
Intelligent Communication within Democratic Transformative Social Inquiry	p. 75
Ongoing Evaluation and Redirection to Reflect Transformative Experience	p. 85
Effective Coordination and Stabilization of Long-Term Transformative Action	p. 90
Conclusion	p. 93
Cosmopolitan Unity Amidst Valued Diversity: Alain Locke's Vision of Deeply Democratic Transformation	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Race Contacts, Cultural Imperialism, and the Transformative Power of the Arts	p. 98
Locke's Culturally Pluralistic, Feeling-Focused Theory of Valuation	p. 107
Critical-Empirical Social Science: "Anthropology in the Broadest Sense"	p. 118
Democratic Cooperation across Historically Contested Differences	p. 123
Intellectual Transformation and Critical Multicultural Education	p. 126
Transformative Cultural Democracy and the Neocapitalist Empire	p. 129
Prophetic Pragmatism: King, West, and the Beloved Community	p. 135
Introduction	p. 135
King's Prophetic and Pragmatic Transformative Framework	p. 138
The Beloved Community as Location and Goal of Transformative Struggle	p. 149
West and the Future of Prophetic Pragmatism	p. 157
Conclusion	p. 166
Transforming World Capitalisms through Radical Pragmatism: Economy, Law, and Democracy	p. 170
Introduction	p. 171
Why the World Needs a New Approach to Political Economy	p. 172
Radical Pragmatist Transformative Praxis: Economy, Law, and Democracy	p. 177
Transforming Neocapitalist Economic Theory through Radical Pragmatism	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 195
Deepening Democracy: Rebuilding the Public Square	p. 198
Introduction	p. 198
Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions of Our Problems in the Public Square	p. 200
The Transformative Arc: From Cross-Difference Coalition to Beloved Community	p. 209
Deepening Democracy by Rebuilding the Public Square: Toward a General Model	p. 216
The Role of Philosophers in Deepening Democracy: A Call to Active Engagement	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 235
About the Author	p. 245
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