John Dewey in China: To Teach and to Learn

CONTENTS

v C O N T E N T S ‫ﱝﱝﱝﱝﱝ‬E‫ﱝﱝﱝﱝﱝ‬ Acknowledgments vii Chapter 1. Dewey and May Fourth China 1 Enacting a Historical Drama 1 Rethinking Dewey’s Visit in China 5 The Encounter between Dewey and China: Then and Now 8 Overview of Upcoming Chapters 9 Chapter 2. Dewey as a Teacher 13 Dewey as a Modern Confucius 14 Dewey as “Mr. Science” 15 Dewey as “Mr. Democracy” 16 Dewey as the Common People’s Educator 20 Dewey as a Democratic Teacher 22 Whose Teaching? Or Hu’s Teaching? 30 Chapter 3. The Reception of Dewey in China 41 The Dewey Fad 42 Marxist Challenges to Dewey’s Social and Political Philosophy 46 Traditionalist Responses to Dewey’s Educational Philosophy 53 Reconsidering “The Dewey Experiment” 62 Chapter 4. Dewey as a Learner 65 Dewey as a Political Commentator 66 Dewey as a Goodwill Ambassador 70 Dewey as a Cultural Anthropologist 74 A Fruitful Journey to the East 83 Chapter 5. The Influence of China on Dewey’s Social and Political Philosophy 87 Rethinking Internationalism 87 Replacing the State with the Public 93 Reconstructing Democracy 102 Mapping Out a Future for Confucian Democracy 115 Chapter 6. Continuing the Dialogue on Dewey and China 121 Notes 125 Bibliography 141 Index 149 vi contents ...