Conférence de David Waddington (Concordia University)
David Waddington (Concordia University) donnera une conférence:
Troublesome sentiments: the origins of Dewey’s antipathy towards children’s imaginative pursuits
où et quand?
jeudi 6 novembre
12h00-13h15
Salle de séminaire du CRÉUM, local 309, 2910 Édouard-Montpetit, 3ème étage
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Bruce Maxwell courriel
résumé
Critics of Dewey have often been bothered by his apparent hostility toward children’s imaginative pursuits. In this paper, I trace the roots of this antagonism. As I will demonstrate, in some of his earliest work, Dewey adopted a set of anti-Romantic criticisms and used these concerns to attack what one might call « runaway » imaginative and emotional tendencies. Although Dewey’s views on imaginative pursuits cannot be vindicated completely, I will show that these views are neither small-minded nor arbitrary.