John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the art of living : revisioning aesthetic education

Author(s)

• Granger, David A.

Bibliographic Information

John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the art of living : revisioning aesthetic education

David A. Granger

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Note

Includes bibliography (p. [293]-298) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book explores the writings of philosopher and educator, John Dewey, in order to develop an expansive vision of aesthetic education and everyday poetics of living. Robert Pirsig's best-selling book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , provides concrete exemplifications of this compelling yet unconventional vision.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Dewey, Pirsig, and the Primacy of Lived Experience Dewey's and Pirsig's Metaphysics Metaphysics at Work Dewey's and Pirsig's Aesthetics Pragmatist Aesthetics and Romanticism The Poetics of Cultural Renewal The Poetics of Personal Renewal Learning and Teaching Art as Experience

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Details

• NCID: BA82099590
• ISBN:
  • 9781403974020
• LCCN: 2006041679
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 307 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BH39
  • DC22 : 111.85092273
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Dewey, John, 1859-1952
  • BLSH : Pirsig, Robert M
  • LCSH : Aesthetics
  • LCSH : Aesthetics -- Study and teaching
  • LCSH : Life
  • LCSH : Pragmatism