John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the Art of Living

This book explores the writings of philosopher and educator, John Dewey, in order to develop an expansive vision of aesthetic education and everyday poetics of living. Robert Pirsig's best-selling book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , provides concrete exemplifications of this compelling yet unconventional vision.

Auteur
DAVID A. GRANGER is Associate Professor of Education, Ella Cline Shear School of Education, The State University of New York at Genese, USA.

Contenu
Introduction: Dewey, Pirsig, and the Primacy of Lived Experience Dewey's and Pirsig's Metaphysics Metaphysics at Work Dewey's and Pirsig's Aesthetics Pragmatist Aesthetics and Romanticism The Poetics of Cultural Renewal The Poetics of Personal Renewal Learning and Teaching Art as Experience