John Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct

‘This handbook takes on an important task by gathering the reflections of top Dewey scholars on different themes, concepts, arguments, and insights found in Human Nature and Conduct. It is indispensable reading for students and scholars of pragmatism as well as those interested in the relevance of Dewey’s social psychology for education, ethics, and democracy.’ Gregory Fernando Pappas, Texas A&M University‘In this stellar collection of 28 critical essays, John Dewey’s social psychology is offered as antidote to the poisons of social nihilism, isolationism, marginalization of minorities, and assaults democracy and education disseminated by the forces of authoritarianism. These essays will open new vistas for students, teachers, and general readers.’ Larry A. Hickman, former Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale‘By attending to ethical theory, education, and the contemporary situation as focal points of entry, and by curating a cross-cutting array of entries by knowledgeable, respected, and internationally-situated authors, Waks and English offer a text that meets the need and interest of scholars and practitioners no matter what draws them to this important Deweyan work.’ Barbara S. Stengel, President of the John Dewey Society‘Through careful philosophical examination and contemporary examples, this collection demonstrates the continued relevance of Dewey’s ethics and social psychology. Notably, it draws attention to Dewey’s focus on habits, showing how the seemingly dull and routine can have a significant, even revolutionary, impact on learning, imagination, deliberation, and the world.’ Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati

Leonard J. Waks is Distinguished Professor of Educational Studies at Hangzhou Normal University, China, and Professor Emeritus at Temple University, USA. He is author of Education 2.0 (2013) and The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Online Courses (2016), and editor of Listening to Teach (2015) and co-editor of John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: A Centennial Handbook (Cambridge, 2017). He is past president of the John Dewey Society and has been awarded the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Andrea R. English is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Philosophy of Education at University of Edinburgh. She is author of Discontinuity in Learning: Dewey, Herbart and Education as Transformation (Cambridge, 2013), editor of A History of Western Philosophy of Education: The Modern Era (2021), and co-editor of John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: A Centennial Handbook (Cambridge, 2017), which received the Outstanding Book Award by the Society for Professors of Education. She is incoming President of the John Dewey Society.