John Dewey: “The members of an inchoate public have too many ways of enjoyment, as…”

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The members of an inchoate public have too many ways of enjoyment, as well as of work, to give much thought to organization into an effective public.

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John Dewey

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Dewey notes the challenges faced by emerging public groups in organizing politically due to their diverse interests.

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Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.

We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.

Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.

The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.

John Dewey: “The members of an inchoate public have too many ways of enjoyment, as well as of work, to give much thought to…”