Understanding John Dewey: Nature and Cooperative Intelligence Book

This book pays off on the promise of the title. Your understanding of Dewey, who I find difficult to read, is increased by reading the book. Dewey's idea of social reconstruction sounds a lot like Professional Learning Communities, which are really popular in education these days (80 years after Dewey). The similarity of Dewey's ideas to those of Darwin and of Mead is outlined here. I found his definition of God (which he later gave up on, I guess) interesting: it was "the unity of all ideal ends arousing us to desire and actions." Campbell sets up Dewey's thought by describing the overall American thought patterns of the time, which is interesting and helpful.