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Pragmatism provoked both admiration and fear, as global changes brought into the twentieth century provoked a revisioning of the cultural narratives about who the citizen and child are and should be. In a new book edited by Thomas S. Popkewitz, scholars representing twelve nations provide original chapters to explore the epistemic features and cultural theses figured in Dewey's writings as they assembled in the discourses of public schooling. The significance of Dewey in the book is not about Dewey as the messenger of pragmatism, but in locating different cultural, political, and educational terrains in which debates about modernity, the modern self, and the making of the citizen occurred.
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Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey
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Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey Modernities and the Traveling of Pragmatism in Education Edited by Thomas S. Popkewitz
INVENTING THE MODERN SELF AND JOHN DEWEY
© Thomas S. Popkewitz, 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–6862–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Inventing the modern self and John Dewey : modernities and the traveling of pragmatism in education / edited by Thomas S. Popkewitz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–6862–4 1. Dewey, John, 1859–1952––Influence. 2. Education––Philosophy. I. Popkewitz, Thomas S. LB875.D5159 2005 370⬘.1––dc22
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Contents
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xiii
List of Contributors
xv
I
Introduction
1. Inventing the Modern Self and John Dewey: Modernities and the Traveling of Pragmatism in Education—An Introduction Thomas S. Popkewitz
II
3
European Spaces: The Northern and Southern Ties
2. Dewey as an Epistemic Figure in the Swedish Discourse on Governing the Self Ulf Olsson and Kenneth Petersson
39
3. Langue as Homeland: The Genevan Reception of Pragmatism Daniel Tröhler
61
4. Dewey in Belgium: A Libation for Modernity? Tom De Coster, Marc Depaepe, Frank Simon, and Angelo Van Gorp 5. Dewey on Lima or the Social Prosthesis in the Construction of the New Education Discourse in Portugal (1925–1936) Jorge Ramos do Ó
85
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III 6.
European Spaces: The Southern Eastern Tiers
Balkanizing John Dewey Noah W. Sobe
135
7. John Dewey’s Travelings into the Project of Turkish Modernity Sabiha Bilgi and Seçkin Özsoy
IV
The Americas
8. Discursive Inscriptions in the Fabrication of a Modern Self: Mexican Educational Appropriations of Dewey’s Writings Rosa N. Buenfil Burgos 9. John Dewey through the Brazilan Anísio Teixeira or Reenchantment of the World Mirian Jorge Warde 10. The Appropriation of Dewey’s Pedagogy in Colombia as a Cultural Event Javier