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John Dewey Center established in India

News release here.   Professor Scott Stroud (Communication Studies, UT Austin), who called this to my attention, writes:

Dewey’s student Bhimrao Ambedkar was a major figure in Indian politics, serving as the architect of India’s constitution, and he is also known as a major leader in the movement against caste oppression (he was from a so-called “untouchable” caste). I’m hopeful that this venture will increase discussion of Dewey, the nature of democracy, and education in India, as well as make U.S. academics more aware of philosophical traditions and syntheses in Indian history (such as Ambedkar’s form of pragmatism). 

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