{"product_id":"growing-people-natalia-rogach-alexander-9780231221894","title":"Growing People: The Enduring Legacy of John Dewey","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Dewey is among history's most celebrated thinkers on democracy and education, yet he has often been underappreciated and misunderstood as a philosopher. This book paints a fresh portrait of Dewey as not only a reformer of schooling but also a profound theorist of human development, whose vision of the centrality of education to democracy, philosophy, and flourishing can still inspire us today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can we learn from this great thinker as we face challenges such as widespread drudgery and disaffection, estrangement among individuals and groups, and a crisis of democracy? This book supplies the answers, offering a bold new account of Dewey as an educational theorist who is essential for our troubled times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing the true scope of Dewey's educational vision, this book provides a new perspective on a neglected aspect of the philosophical tradition. \u003ci\u003eGrowing People\u003c\/i\u003e presents an alternative canon--running from Plato to Rousseau to Du Bois--that recasts philosophy in terms of education and, in so doing, opens new pathways for social critique and the liberation of human potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalia Rogach Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231221894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231221894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Natalia Rogach Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962820743423,"sku":"9780231221894","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19212e99-045d-42d9-b0e7-16ecba06db87.jpg?v=1750652634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-people-natalia-rogach-alexander-9780231221894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}