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Reconstructing Dewey on Power

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: roudy{at}siu.edu.

	Abstract

One of the most enduring criticisms of John Dewey’s political thought is that it is unsuspicious of power. This essay responds to this critique by advancing the claim that power is an integral but implicit element of Dewey’s conception of human experience. Given Dewey’s indirect treatment of power,this essay has two primary tasks.First,it reconstructs and develops an explicit conception of power for Deweyan pragmatism. Second, it evaluates the extent that Dewey’s political and social philosophy is able to criticize power relations. Taken together, I aim to provide a more coherent and realistic defense of the political dimensions of Dewey’s democratic theory. This defense moves Deweyan pragmatism toward a democratic politics that neither elides conflict nor evades power.

First published on August 26, 2009, doi:10.1177/0090591709345454

Political Theory 2009;37:780.

A more recent version of this article appeared on December 1, 2009


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