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Reich, Kersten ORCID: 0000-0003-1026-6614, Garrison, Jim and Neubert, Stefan (2016). Complexity and Reductionism in Educational PhilosophyJohn Dewey's Critical Approach in Democracy and Education' Reconsidered. Educ. Philos. Theory, 48 (10). S. 997 - 1013. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-5812

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Abstract

Against the background of the Deweyan tradition of Democracy and Education, we discuss problems of complexity and reductionism in education and educational philosophy. First, we investigate some of Dewey's own criticisms of reductionist tendencies in the educational traditions, theories, and practices of his time. Secondly, we explore some important cases of reductionism in the educational debates of our own day and argue that a similar criticism in behalf of democracy and education is appropriate and can easily be based on Deweyan terms. Thirdly, we draw some more general conclusions about complexity and reductionism as challenges for democracy and education. Among other things, we argue that powerful social tendencies of capitalist competition and social Darwinism support reductionisms in education and put the democratic project at risk. The tensional relation between democracy and capitalism constitutes a major challenge for educational philosophy in our own time as much as in Dewey's.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Reich, Kersten UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-6614 UNSPECIFIED Garrison, Jim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Neubert, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-264953
DOI:	10.1080/00131857.2016.1150802
Journal or Publication Title:	Educ. Philos. Theory
Volume:	48
Number:	10
Page Range:	S. 997 - 1013
Date:	2016
Publisher:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1469-5812
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Education & Educational Research Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26495