{"62792":{"#nid":"62792","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cochran Book Asserts John Dewey\u2019s Lasting Influence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Dewey (1859\u20131952) was a major figure of the American cultural \nand intellectual landscape in the first half of the twentieth century.\u0026nbsp;A\n new book edited by Molly Cochran for the prestigious book series, \u003Cem\u003EThe \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECambridge Companions to Philosophy,\u003C\/em\u003E\n examines the wide range of Dewey\u0027s thought and provides a critical \nevaluation of his philosophy and its lasting influence in philosophy and\n other disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile not the originator of American pragmatism, Dewey was \ninstrumental to its articulation as a philosophy and the spread of its \ninfluence beyond philosophy to other disciplines. Cochran\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EThe Cambridge Companion to Dewey \u003C\/em\u003E(Cambridge\n University Press) encompasses the wide range of Dewey\u2019s prolific \nwritings on metaphysics, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, \npsychology, moral philosophy, the philosophies of religion, art, and \neducation, and democratic political and international theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI took on this project because the \u003Cem\u003ECambridge Companions\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eis \nthe \u201cgo-to\u201d series for anyone seeking\u0026nbsp;the state of the literature at \nthat moment on the great philosophers consults, and I believed that \nDewey deserved a place in that series,\u0022 said Cochran, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u201cAmerica is \nnot typically viewed as having a rich philosophical culture, but \nAmerican pragmatism\u0026nbsp;had, in the first half of the 20\u003Csup\u003E th \u003C\/sup\u003Ecentury,\u0026nbsp;a\n major impact in philosophy and it is enjoying a resurgence again today.\n One example is James Kloppennerg\u2019s recent book, \u003Cem\u003EReading Obama\u003C\/em\u003E, which links Obama\u2019s approach to politics to this philosophical tradition in which Dewey was a key contributor.\u201d\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe book is considered a resource for both the novice and the \nspecialists since it encompasses both an introduction to Dewey\u2019s work as\n well as more technical details.\u0026nbsp;Chapters by each contributor provide a \nbrief account of the current state of a field of study or discipline and\n capture the breadth of Dewey\u0027s thought within philosophy as a \ndiscipline and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECochran is working on a manuscript for a new book titled \u003Cem\u003EInternational Publics: Agents of Democratic Change in World Politics. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Dewey (1859\u20131952) was a major figure of the American cultural \nand intellectual landscape in the first half of the twentieth century.\u0026nbsp;A\n new book edited by Molly Cochran for \u003Cem\u003EThe \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECambridge Companions to Philosophy \u003C\/em\u003Ebook\n series examines the wide range of Dewey\u0027s thought and provides a \ncritical evaluation of his philosophy and its lasting influence in \nphilosophy and other disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2010-11-16 13:08:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:46","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62782":{"id":"62782","type":"image","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Dewey","body":null,"created":"1449176394","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:54","changed":"1475894547","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:27","alt":"The Cambridge Companion to Dewey","file":{"fid":"191569","name":"Cochran_Dewey_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cochran_Dewey_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cochran_Dewey_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":42033,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Cochran_Dewey_200x300_0.jpg?itok=LidO-Zei"}},"62779":{"id":"62779","type":"image","title":"Molly Cochran","body":null,"created":"1449176394","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:54","changed":"1475894547","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:27","alt":"Molly Cochran","file":{"fid":"191567","name":"Molly_Cochran_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molly_Cochran_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molly_Cochran_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36613,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Molly_Cochran_200x300_0.jpg?itok=KZVMESMU"}}},"media_ids":["62782","62779"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/knowledge\/isbn\/item5708489\/?site_locale=en_GB","title":"Cambridge University Press"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/listing.php?uID=16","title":"Molly Cochran bio"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"10522","name":"Molly Cochran"},{"id":"11277","name":"The Cambridge Companion to Dewey"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 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