Abstract
Panel: Civic Education for Democracy, Liberalism, and the Liberal Arts
2–3:30 p.m. | Bush Executive Center, Crummer Auditorium
We live in a highly polarized and divided democratic era, and we face new threats related to the nature of distinctively modern mechanisms for the dissemination and creation of knowledge in society. The dangers germane to these new ways of communication and information affect how we conceive of others and their claims and rights. Can the liberal arts rescue democracy from the ills of division, fake news, and hatred? Can philosophy as a public endeavor help achieve this goal? What strategies in the classroom are best to encourage the good of democracy? This panel will deal with these issues and similar others.
Panel Facilitators: H. James McLaughlin and Blake Robinson | Rollins College
Panelists:
L. Ryan Musgrave | Rollins College | “Re-centering Florida's *Other* Higher Education Story: American Pragmatic Liberal Arts at Rollins College, Then and Now”Chris Voparil | Lynn University | “Building Democratic Relations as a Remedy for Post-Truth Polarization: Dewey and Addams on Educating for Sympathetic Knowledge”
Nancy Arden McHugh | University of Dayton | “Pragmatic Principles to Move Higher Education from Extractive Engagement with Communities to Transformative Engagement”
Mark Hopwood | The University of the South | “What is ‘Public Philosophy’?”
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - Feb 24 2025 |
| Event | John Dewey, 90 Years Later: How the Liberal Arts Strengthen Democracy Conference - Rollins College, Winter Park, United States Duration: Feb 24 2025 → Feb 25 2025 https://www.rollins.edu/dewey-conference/ |
Conference
| Conference | John Dewey, 90 Years Later: How the Liberal Arts Strengthen Democracy Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | Dewey 90 Years Later Conference |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Winter Park |
| Period | 2/24/25 → 2/25/25 |
| Other | Rollins College and The Institute for Citizens & Scholars will host John Dewey, 90 Years Later: How the Liberal Arts Strengthen Democracy, a national conference examining urgent issues in higher education, on February 24 and 25, 2025, at the Rollins College campus. The two-day conference will feature a series of panels that examine critical challenges confronting democracy, liberal arts education, and free inquiry in the U.S. Higher education participants and intellectual leaders are invited to join us in this vital and timely conversation. |
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