Re: [xmca] Jane Addams, Dewey, and the (Hegelian) dialectic -

[Larry Purss <lpurss@shaw.ca>]

Hi everyone
I did post a comment that was written with the attachment on Jane Adams but it didn't go through  (at least on my computer.
 
The article is a book review of a biography on Jane Addams.
What I found interesting was the discussion of her founding Hull House a specific place around which her ideas could be actualized and a center around which others who shared her ideas gathered.
If universities are often promoting discord as people take positions of "certainty" in opposition to other perspectives then other structures such as Addams Hull House" or "institutes" or ??? must be founded if ideas are to persist and have influence.  Maybe with today's technology virtual "campuses" may be enough but I doubt it.  There is a quality of face to face encounters that endure over time that seems to be essential for new ideas to gain traction. 
This is called "intermediate community" in some discourses.
 
Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Purss <lpurss@shaw.ca>
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010 10:48 am
Subject: Re: [xmca] Jane Addams, Dewey, and the (Hegelian) dialectic -
To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>

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