William R Caspary
Bill Caspary’s current scholarly work is on the “education of the emotions,” “strategies for fundamental change,” and “the political theory of William James.” He continues his work on the poltical and ethical theories of John Dewey. He has an ongoing interest in the history of ethical philosophy, with an emphasis on the ethics of dissent, and on dissenters within the philosophy of ethics. All of his scholarship is influenced by the Pragmatist tradition in American thought, including Emerson, Jane Addams, Peirce, James, and especially Dewey. He also draws on humanistic and psychoanalytic psychology, Gandhian nonviolence, and the Hegelian Marxist tradition. He is intrigued by the roots in romanticism of all of these thinkers, and takes Schiller's Esthetic Education of Man as a pivotal text. He is the author of Dewey on Democracy, and numerous articles in scholarly journals. He received a Distinguished Career Award in 2002 from the Ecological and Transformational Politics section of the American Political Science Association.
Graduate physics studies led Bill to his ongoing interest in philosophy of science and philosophy of social science. His immersion in the rigors of physical science has made him skeptical of mainstream understandings of and claims for social science. Activism in the peace movement during the 1960’s led him to switch from physics to political science. He taught political theory for 30 years at Washington University in Saint Louis, before coming to the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. In addition to wriitng, teaching, and political action, he has worked as an educational consultant, ombudsman, and mediator. His hobby is playing old-time Appalachian music on fiddle, banjo, and guitar.
William R. (Bill) Caspary, B.S. Physics Wesleyan U., 1958; M.S. Physics, University of Chicago, 1960; Ph.D. Political Science, Northwestern University, 1968.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Washington U. Teaches social and political theory at the Gallatin School with a focus on participatory democracy. Author of Dewey and Democracy, Cornell Univesity Press, 2000. Founding member (1958) of the Student Peace Union, an early New Left activist group.
Address: Gallatin School at NYU
1 Washington Place
6th floor
New York, New York, 10014
United States
Graduate physics studies led Bill to his ongoing interest in philosophy of science and philosophy of social science. His immersion in the rigors of physical science has made him skeptical of mainstream understandings of and claims for social science. Activism in the peace movement during the 1960’s led him to switch from physics to political science. He taught political theory for 30 years at Washington University in Saint Louis, before coming to the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. In addition to wriitng, teaching, and political action, he has worked as an educational consultant, ombudsman, and mediator. His hobby is playing old-time Appalachian music on fiddle, banjo, and guitar.
William R. (Bill) Caspary, B.S. Physics Wesleyan U., 1958; M.S. Physics, University of Chicago, 1960; Ph.D. Political Science, Northwestern University, 1968.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Washington U. Teaches social and political theory at the Gallatin School with a focus on participatory democracy. Author of Dewey and Democracy, Cornell Univesity Press, 2000. Founding member (1958) of the Student Peace Union, an early New Left activist group.
Address: Gallatin School at NYU
1 Washington Place
6th floor
New York, New York, 10014
United States
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