One would certainly be excused if they did a double take when seeing John Dewey listed as the author of a new book in 2021. But one's initial surprise is rewarded upon further examination of this recent edited collection of some of Dewey's many short public writings. Specifically, this new volume is edited and introduced by Eric Thomas Weber, who is a Dewey scholar and public intellectual at the University of Kentucky. In his Introduction, written during the turbulent Trump years, Weber rightly notes the dispirited age in which we live, and thinks Dewey offers intellectual and cultural resources to nourish the contemporary American soul. As Weber says:
It is hard to find a basis for hope in the world today . . . Americans today desperately need guidance in intellectual and moral leadership. As I hope this book will make clear, John Dewey was an exemplary public philosopher who...
