Composing the Will to Power: John Dewey on Democratic Rhetorical Education

abstract

• 2016 The Rhetoric Society of America. In order to highlight the genuinely radical nature of John Deweys educational and democratic vision this essay articulates a vision of contemporary rhetorical education that is grounded in a pragmatic rereading of Friedrich Nietzsches concept of the will to power. Drawing from Deweys treatment of the will to power in Human Nature and Conduct, I argue that rhetorical pedagogy seeks to arouse, channel, and finally compose the impulses of students through the activity of intelligence in such a way that reflects and advocates for students interests within a democratic ethic of advocacy, criticism, and deliberation.

authors

• Crick, Nathan

published proceedings

• RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY

author list (cited authors)

• Crick, N.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Crick, Nathan

publication date

• August 2016

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Rhetoric Society Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• Critical Pedgagogy
• Democracy
• Nietzsche
• PRAGMATISM
• Rhetorical Education

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/02773945.2016.1198964

start page

• 287

end page

• 307

volume

• 46

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2016.1198964

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education