Call
for Abstracts
The John Dewey Society presents
The Third Annual
Dewey Through Generations Panel
In Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us Dewey
reminds us that democracy should not be seen as a political machine which once
it is set up would perpetuate its existence automatically. On the contrary, the
very existence and health of our democracies depend on conditions which go
beyond our immediate political institutions and which concern our family
relations, our friendships, our economical organization, etc. In a time where
our democratic institutions seem to be endangered by increasing structural
inequality, globalization, economic crisis and the reemergence of xenophobic
attitudes, we should return to the theoretical resources Dewey has to offer on
these present challenges for our democracies.
Hence,
in the DtG panel 2017 we propose to explore the following questions:
·
How are the latest developments in the democratic life of our societies
to be critically assessed? What are the observable tendencies? Are there only
reasons to worry or are there reasons also for hope in the recovery and
deepening of democracy?
·
What have been the effects of the financial crash of 2008 for our
democratic institutions and practices? What can we expect from the reforms
brought about by current governments?
·
Are there economic alternatives to capitalism (not only classical, but
also in its neoliberal form) which could work as better social foundations for
democratic practice?
· How do global problems
(climate change, wars and conflicts, etc.) affect our democracies? Should we
see these global conditions as obstacles, as opportunities, or both?
The Dewey Through Generations Panel was
established in 2015 to highlight and support emerging Dewey inspired scholars
and practitioners (including but not limited to graduate students) by bringing
them into a dialogue with eminent scholars who reflect the best of Dewey's
philosophical practice. One eminent Dewey scholar participates in a dialogue
(as commentator/respondent) with the emerging scholar panelists. We are pleased
to announce that this year’s Dewey Scholar will be Gregory Pappas (Texas A&M University). For an overview of Dr.
Pappas’ scholarship see:
Submissions Due: November
15, 2016 (By 11:59 PM, CST)
Graduate students, student-professionals, and emerging
scholars, may submit an abstract for the panel. The panel will include three
papers/or projects (limited to 3000 words) and commentary by an invited Dewey
scholar (limited to 1500 words).
Submit all abstracts (prepared per instructions
below) via email with an attachment as an MSWord document. All proposals should
be received on or before November 15, 2016, by Just Serrano at dtg@johndeweysociety.org.
Submission guidelines: Part 1 (submit in the body
of your email message): (1) Title of your paper; (2) Your name, title/student
status, institutional/professional affiliation (if any); (3) Your address,
phone, and email; Part 2 (attaches as a MSWord document prepared for blind
review): (1) Title of your paper/project; (2) An abstract and/or descriptive
summary of your paper/project, explaining your work and its significance,
especially in relation to the selected themes(s). All abstracts should be
formatted according to Chicago or APA style, with a maximum length of 800 words
excluding the title and references.
Please direct all questions to Just Serrano at justserrano@gmail.com. Abstracts accepted
for presentation on this panel of the John Dewey Society will be notified by January
15, 2017. Final papers will be due April
2, 2017.
