Dewey for a New Age of Fascism: Teaching Democratic Habits

by Nathan Crick

Book Overview

During the rise of fascism in the early twentieth century, American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued that the greatest threat to democracy was not a political regime or even an aggressive foreign power but rather a set of dispositions or attitudes. Though not fascist in and of themselves, these habits of thought--rugged individualism and ideological nationalism--lay the foundation for fascism. In this study, Nathan Crick uses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271084812
• ISBN13: 9780271084817
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"