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Author Fishman, Stephen M.

Title John Dewey and the philosophy and practice of hope / Stephen M. Fishman & Lucille McCarthy.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  191 D515Df 2007    ---  Available
Description xxiv, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue / Steve Fishman and Lucille McCarthy -- pt. 1. The philosophy of hope / Steve Fishman -- 1. Constructing a Deweyan theory of hope -- 2. Dewey in dialogue with Gabriel Marcel : hope with and without God -- 3. Dewey in dialogue with Paulo Freire : hope, education, and democracy -- 4. Dewey in dialogue with positive psychology and C.R. Snyder : the mortality and politics of hope -- 5. Conclusion to part 1 : highlights of a Deweyan theory of hope -- -- pt. 2. The practice of hope / Lucille McCarthy -- 6. Teaching a course on hope -- 7. Undergraduates in a course on hope -- 8. Conclusion to part 2 : highlights of the classroom study -- Final reflections / Steve Fishman and Lucille McCarthy -- Appendix A : Classroom research methods / Lucille McCarthy -- Appendix B : Creating a syllabus for a course on hope / Steve Fishman -- Appendix C : Syllabus, essay guidelines, and homework assignments / Steve Fishman -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Subject Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
Hope.
Added Author McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson, 1944-
ISBN 0252032004 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252032004 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000041268028
NZ1 11241090

 
    
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