Project Gutenberg 2023-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 766 Dewey, John 1859 1952 The public and its problems $aUnited States :$bAlan Swallow, $c1927, copyright 1954. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_and_Its_Problems "Result of lectures delivered during the month of January, nineteen hundred and twenty six, upon the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, Ohio." Search for the public -- Discovery of the state -- The democratic state -- The eclipse of the public -- Search for the great community -- The problem of method. Lukas Bystricky and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Public and Its Problems" by John Dewey is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the nature of the public and its organization within a state, exploring the intricate relationship between individual actions, collective consequences, and governmental frameworks. Dewey emphasizes the critical role that public interest plays in shaping political structures and challenges traditional interpretations of the state's function. The opening of the book establishes Dewey's intent to bridge the gap between observed political facts and philosophical theories of the state. He critiques the discrepancies that arise when political doctrines are disconnected from the realities of human behavior and social interactions. In defining the public, Dewey argues that it emerges from the recognition of shared indirect consequences of actions, necessitating a political organization to manage these effects. By examining the fluidity of social relationships and the evolving nature of political systems, he sets the stage for a deeper exploration of how the public can effectively engage with governance and shape the future of democratic life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/publicitsproblem0000john/page/n5/mode/2up 20230203084356dewey 1927 US Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Democracy Political science State, The JC Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 421809 2025-07-28T07:16:44.443791 text/html 411441 2023-06-20T00:12:02 text/html 374029 2025-07-28T07:16:50.596719 application/epub+zip 371051 2025-07-28T07:16:45.882744 application/epub+zip 239490 2025-07-28T07:16:45.166771 application/epub+zip 337306 2025-07-28T07:16:54.446706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304302 2025-07-28T07:16:50.018710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367412 2025-07-28T07:16:43.657792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367174 2023-06-20T00:12:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18779 2025-07-28T07:16:54.668709 application/rdf+xml 5784 2025-07-28T07:16:45.401730 image/jpeg 1578 2025-07-28T07:16:45.284738 image/jpeg 131804 2023-06-20T00:12:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 294389 2023-06-20T00:12:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 360187 2025-07-28T07:16:44.478784 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia