John Dewey: “The lasting, extensive and serious consequences of associated activity…”

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The lasting, extensive and serious consequences of associated activity bring into existence a public.

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John Dewey

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Dewey emphasizes the importance of collective action in forming a public that can influence society.

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Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.

But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.

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John Dewey: “The lasting, extensive and serious consequences of associated activity bring into existence a public.”