Creative Democracy

"Creative Democracy: The Task Before Us" is a 1939 essay by American philosopher John Dewey.[1] Dewey's essay was originally delivered as a speech by philosopher Horace Kallen on October 20, 1939, at a dinner in honor of Dewey's 80th birthday that he was unable to attend. Dewey argues that democracy is a way of life and an experience built on faith in human nature, faith in human beings, and faith in working with others.[2] Democracy, in Dewey's view, is a moral ideal requiring actual effort and work by people; it is not an institutional concept that exists outside of ourselves. "The task of democracy", Dewey concludes, "is forever that of creation of a freer and more humane experience in which all share and to which all contribute."[3]

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  1. Bernstein 2000, 215-228.
  2. Kadlec 2007, 125.
  3. Dewey 1939

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