Creative Democracy, Communication, and the Uncharted Sources of Bhimrao Ambedkar's Deweyan Pragmatism

Autor/in	Stroud, Scott R.
Titel	Creative Democracy, Communication, and the Uncharted Sources of Bhimrao Ambedkar's Deweyan Pragmatism
Quelle	In: Education and Culture, 34 (2018) 1, Artikel 5Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-4908
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Educational Philosophy; Buddhism; Democratic Values; Social Differences; Social Bias; Evidence; Foreign Countries; Communication (Thought Transfer); India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Buddhismus; Sozialer Unterschied; Evidenz; Ausland; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Indien
Abstract	This article explores the contours of the Indian pragmatist Bhimrao Ambedkar and his reconstruction of Buddhism in the 1950s. As a student of John Dewey at Columbia University, young Ambedkar was heavily influenced by the pragmatist ideas of democracy and reconstruction. Throughout his life he would continue to evoke Dewey's words and ideas in his fight against caste injustice in India. This article explores the possibility that Ambedkar could have been influenced by Dewey's work, "Creative Democracy--The Task Before Us." In exploring the intriguing evidence that points toward such an influence, Ambedkar's The Buddha and His Dhamma emerges as a site of pragmatist reconstruction of Buddhism and as a personal democratic guide to action. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01