Creating a democratic nation-state and sustaining its progress was seen by the founders of the Republic of Turkey as necessary to achieving the goal of becoming a distinguished member among developed civilizations. The founders conceived of education as a main instrument in disseminating this new ideology and ensuring the emergence of a culture of…

It has been said that pragmatism's "merely instrumental" truths fail to motivate radical change whereas absolute ideals make excellent guiding and driving forces for justice. However, in "Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights," Robert Moses speaks of the radical success of pragmatic principles, used in the Civil Rights Movement, that…

In an attempt to better understand the complexity of American racism and democracy, this paper explores racism through the plight of an African American sharecropper, Odell Waller, and the reaction and involvement of John Dewey, America's most liberal democratic philosopher of the 20th century. This exploration delves into the nature of American…

Excellent, democratic education that furthers each person's potential, success and happiness for her own and others' well-being is not yet widespread in the U.S. today. Dewey's The Public and Its Problems has much to say about the possibilities and challenges of achieving this goal. This paper examines Dewey's ideas about how a public for…

There is an urgent need to address the social dimension of higher education more forcefully and coherently, particularly in view of the economic downturn across Europe. This is the conclusion of the new Eurydice report, which looks at national policies on access to higher education, funding and student support. The report, covering EU Member…

Autonomous or individual study has indisputably become an objective of great importance for European education. Attempts to explain the reasons for this widespread interest. (Author/RK)

Author feels more consideration should be given to unfamiliar settings where youth can meet and truly express itself. (GB)

Comparison with others is a way cultures can again encounter the law, which from the emergence of sexuality, has made the genesis of life dependent on a relationship between two beings. (Author/GB)

Author discusses what would happen if the profit motive were subordinated to the happiness of man. (GB)

In order to study the broadening of the field of possibilities for individuals or for society as a whole, a phenomenological study needs to be made of the individual's psychology in his relations with his products or with those of the social system. (Author)

Neither a revolutionary artist nor a revolutionary work can exist in a vacuum, without far-reaching changes in the system of relations between men and art and without a revolution in cultural action as such. (Author)

Author discusses cultural liberation and the process of emancipation necessary before masses of people can participate in a genuine cultural democracy. (GB)