Deep Democracy

Community, Diversity, and Transformation

By (author) Judith M. Green

Publication date:

13 October 1999

Length of book:

264 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780847692705

Deeply understood, democracy is more than a "formal" institutional framework for which America provides the model, acting as a preferable alternative to the modern totalitarian regimes that have distorted social life around the world. At its core, as John Dewey understood, democracy is a realistic ideal, a desired and desirable future possibility that is yet-to-be. In this period of global crises in differing cultures, a shared environment, and an increasingly globalized political economy, this book provides a clear contemporary articulation of deep democracy that can guide an evolutionary deepening of democratic institutions, of habits of the heart, and of the processes of education and social inquiry that support them.

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. The Diverse Community or the Unoppressive City: Which Ideal for a Transformative Politics of Difference?
Chapter 4 2.Transformative Communication toward Democratic Communities: Pragmatism or Critical Theory?
Chapter 5 3.The Deeply Democratic Community: Reconstructing Dewey's Transformative Ideal
Chapter 6 4.Cosmopolitan Unity Amidst Diversity: Alain Locke's Transformative Vision of Deep Democracy
Chapter 7 5. Prophetic Pragmatism: King, West, and the Beloved Community
Chapter 8 6.Transforming World Capitalisms Through Radical Pragmatism: Economy, Law, and Democracy
Chapter 9 7.Deepening Democracy: Rebuilding the Public Square
Chapter 10 Bibliography
Chapter 11 Index
Chapter 12 About the Author

Green argues for a concept of democracy that moves beyond the conflict between the individual and community, quietism and activism, multiculturalism and monoculturalism, and theory in opposition to practice. In a house of darkness—a world plagued by ethnic wars, class conflict, and sexual exploitation—a strenuously researched and masterfully argued account of what democracy should mean is a welcomed beacon.