{"product_id":"the-grace-and-the-severity-of-the-ideal-john-dewey-and-the-transcendent-paperback","title":"The Grace and the Severity of the Ideal: John Dewey and the Transcendent - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Kestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original book, Victor Kestenbaum calls into question the oft-repeated assumption that John Dewey's pragmatism has no place for the transcendent. Kestenbaum demonstrates that, far from ignoring the transcendent ideal, Dewey's works-on education, ethics, art, and religion-are in fact shaped by the tension between the natural and the transcendent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kestenbaum argues that to Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for ideal meaning occurs at the frontier of the visible and the invisible, the tangible and the intangible. Penetrating analyses of Dewey's early and later writings, as well as comparisons with the works of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Michael Oakeshott, and Wallace Stevens, shed new light on why Dewey regarded the human being's relationship to the ideal as \"the most far-reaching question\" of philosophy. For Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for the good life required a willingness \"to surrender the actual experienced good for a possible ideal good.\" Dewey's pragmatism helps us to understand the place of the transcendent ideal in a world of action and practice.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original book, Victor Kestenbaum calls into question the oft-repreated assumption that John Dewey's pragmatism has no place for the transcendent. Kestenbaum demonstrates that, far from ignoring the transcendent ideal, Dewey's works on education, ethics, art, and religion are a framework for understanding its place in individual and cultural experience. \u003cbr\u003eKestenbaum argues that to Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for ideal meaning occurs at the frontier of the visible and the invisible, the tangible and the intangible. Penetrating analyses of Dewey's early and later writings, as well as comparisons with the works of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Michael Oakeshott, and Wallace Stevens, shed new light on why Dewey regarded the human beging's relationship to the ideal as \"the most far-reaching question\" of philosophy. For Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for the good life required a willingness \"to surrender the actual experienced good for a possible ideal good.\" By following the meanings of the intangible ideal in Dewey's pragmatism, we can better understand some of its possibilities in American culture and society.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original book, Victor Kestenbaum calls into question the oft-repreated assumption that John Dewey's pragmatism has no place for the transcendent. Kestenbaum demonstrates that, far from ignoring the transcendent ideal, Dewey's works--on education, ethics, art, and religion--are a framework for understanding its place in individual and cultural experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKestenbaum argues that to Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for ideal meaning occurs at the frontier of the visible and the invisible, the tangible and the intangible. Penetrating analyses of Dewey's early and later writings, as well as comparisons with the works of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Michael Oakeshott, and Wallace Stevens, shed new light on why Dewey regarded the human beging's relationship to the ideal as \"the most far-reaching question\" of philosophy. For Dewey, the pragmatic struggle for the good life required a willingness \"to surrender the actual experienced good for a possible ideal good.\" By following the meanings of the intangible ideal in Dewey's pragmatism, we can better understand some of its possibilities in American culture and society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Kestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of philosophy and education at Boston University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenological Sense of John Dewey: Habit and Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Humanity of the III: Phenomenlogical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.96 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039100440656,"sku":"9780226432168","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bGJhSUdkalMvQkNTa2dBc05rREZ1dz09.webp?v=1771841333","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-grace-and-the-severity-of-the-ideal-john-dewey-and-the-transcendent-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}