| Acknowledgments | p. iii |
| Introduction | p. v |
| The Diverse Community or the Unoppressive City: Which Ideal for a Transformative Politics of Difference? | p. 1 |
| Transformative Communication toward Democratic Communities: Pragmatism or Critical Theory? | p. 14 |
| Introduction | p. 14 |
| Preliminary Critical-Reconstructive Negotiations: Pragmatism and Critical Theory | p. 16 |
| Toward a Comprehensive Philosophy of Democratic Transformation | p. 33 |
| Differing Voices at the Theory Table: Feminism and Cultural Pluralism | p. 41 |
| Some Concluding Thoughts: Give Peace a Chance | p. 48 |
| The Deeply Democratic Community: Reconstructing Dewey's Transformative Ideal | p. 54 |
| Introduction | p. 54 |
| Diversity within Dewey's Contextualized Discussions of the Democratic Ideal | p. 55 |
| Democratic Education as Growth of the Individual, Culture, and Society | p. 62 |
| Cross-Difference Coalitions and Diverse, Deeply Democratic Communities | p. 71 |
| Intelligent Communication within Democratic Transformative Social Inquiry | p. 75 |
| Ongoing Evaluation and Redirection to Reflect Transformative Experience | p. 85 |
| Effective Coordination and Stabilization of Long-Term Transformative Action | p. 90 |
| Conclusion | p. 93 |
| Cosmopolitan Unity Amidst Valued Diversity: Alain Locke's Vision of Deeply Democratic Transformation | p. 95 |
| Introduction | p. 95 |
| Race Contacts, Cultural Imperialism, and the Transformative Power of the Arts | p. 98 |
| Locke's Culturally Pluralistic, Feeling-Focused Theory of Valuation | p. 107 |
| Critical-Empirical Social Science: "Anthropology in the Broadest Sense" | p. 118 |
| Democratic Cooperation across Historically Contested Differences | p. 123 |
| Intellectual Transformation and Critical Multicultural Education | p. 126 |
| Transformative Cultural Democracy and the Neocapitalist Empire | p. 129 |
| Prophetic Pragmatism: King, West, and the Beloved Community | p. 135 |
| Introduction | p. 135 |
| King's Prophetic and Pragmatic Transformative Framework | p. 138 |
| The Beloved Community as Location and Goal of Transformative Struggle | p. 149 |
| West and the Future of Prophetic Pragmatism | p. 157 |
| Conclusion | p. 166 |
| Transforming World Capitalisms through Radical Pragmatism: Economy, Law, and Democracy | p. 170 |
| Introduction | p. 171 |
| Why the World Needs a New Approach to Political Economy | p. 172 |
| Radical Pragmatist Transformative Praxis: Economy, Law, and Democracy | p. 177 |
| Transforming Neocapitalist Economic Theory through Radical Pragmatism | p. 189 |
| Conclusion | p. 195 |
| Deepening Democracy: Rebuilding the Public Square | p. 198 |
| Introduction | p. 198 |
| Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions of Our Problems in the Public Square | p. 200 |
| The Transformative Arc: From Cross-Difference Coalition to Beloved Community | p. 209 |
| Deepening Democracy by Rebuilding the Public Square: Toward a General Model | p. 216 |
| The Role of Philosophers in Deepening Democracy: A Call to Active Engagement | p. 217 |
| Bibliography | p. 221 |
| Index | p. 235 |
| About the Author | p. 245 |
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