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Gert-Rüdiger Wegmarshaus. What is Democracy? Chto takoe demokratiia?. John Dewey (1859-1952). Lecture: The Public and its Problems (1927) Democracy: Form of Government : Electing Officials Way of Social Life: Cooperative Problem Solving Pooling and Sharing of Expierence
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Gert-Rüdiger Wegmarshaus What is Democracy? Chto takoe demokratiia?
John Dewey (1859-1952) Lecture: The Public and its Problems (1927) Democracy: Form of Government: Electing Officials Way of Social Life: Cooperative Problem Solving Pooling and Sharing of Expierence Process of Communication and Learning
John Dewey Visit – Study Trip - Soviet Union 1928 1928, July 02 - Leningrad 1928, July 13 - Moscow 1928, July 15 - "Great USSR Trotting Derby“ 1928, July 18 – Conference, Moscow 1928, July 20 - Reception‚ Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries,’ Mme. Kameneff, Mr. Lunarcharsky
John Dewey Publications on the Trip to the Soviet Union Impressions of Soviet Russia I – III 1928, Nov. 14 - Leningrad Gives the Clue 1928, Nov. 21 - A Country in a State of Flux 1928, Nov. 28 - A New World in the Making 1928, Dec. 05 - Speech at the ‚Teachers College,’ "Education in Soviet Russia”
John Dewey Publications on the Trip to the Soviet Union Impressions of Soviet Russia IV – VI 1928, Dec. 05 - What Are the Russian Schools Doing 1928, Dec. 12 - New Schools for a New Era 1928, Dec. 19 - The Great Experiment and the Future
John Dewey Chair of the “Trotsky Commission” in Mexico City 1937, April 02–Train to Mexico "Sunshine Special" 1937, April 05–Arrival at Mexico City 1937, April 10-17–Chair of the Commission of Inquiry of the Charges failed against Leon Trotsky at the “Moscow Trials” 1937, April 18-19? Departs by "Sunshine Special"
John Dewey Findings of the Trotsky Commission: 1937, Dec. 12 – Public Speech, New York. 1937, Dec. 13 – Talk on the Radio with Corliss Lamont, CBS about the conclusions of the Commission of Inquiry "The Moscow Trials“. 1937, Dec. 19 – "Significance of the Trotsky Inquiry," Interview with Agnes E. Meyer.
Jürgen Habermas (1929 - ) Lecture: The Philosophical Debate about the Idea of Democracy (1989) Democracy: Form of Government - based on the rule of law (Rechtsstaat – Pravovoe Gosudarstvo) Form of Societal Organisation - based on rational argumentation and discourse
Jürgen Habermas Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBl6ALNh18Q Interview with J. Habermas (in English) Habermas‘ Major Research Interests: • Democracy • Communication Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBl6ALNh18Q Interview with J. Habermas (in English) Habermas‘ Major Research Interests: • Democracy • Communication Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBl6ALNh18Q Interview with J. Habermas (in English) Habermas‘ Major Research Interests: • Democracy • Communication