John Dewey: “Regarded as an idea, democracy is not an alternative to other…”

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Regarded as an idea, democracy is not an alternative to other principles of associated life.

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John Dewey

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Dewey asserts that democracy should not be seen as opposing other forms of social organization.

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The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.

But it indicates where the problem resides, whatever guise it assumes.

That the state should be to some a deity and to others a devil is another evidence of the defects of the premises from which discussion sets out.

John Dewey: “Regarded as an idea, democracy is not an alternative to other principles of associated life.”