{"product_id":"works-for-whom-dewey-fordism-and-the-new-pragmatism-9798195512163","title":"Works for Whom?: Dewey, Fordism, and the New Pragmatism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Taha Yasin Akyildiz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Administration - Higher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it really mean when a system \"works\"?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age of dashboards, metrics, platforms, standardized lives, and institutional efficiency, the word \u003ci\u003epractical\u003c\/i\u003e has become strangely narrow. Schools measure learning. Companies measure productivity. Platforms measure attention. Governments measure outcomes. But a deeper question remains: \u003cb\u003eworks for whom?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorks for Whom? Dewey, Fordism, and the New Pragmatism\u003c\/b\u003e reads John Dewey's pragmatism against the long shadow of Fordist thinking. It explores how modern institutions often confuse usefulness with speed, efficiency with human growth, and measurable output with genuine experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Dr. Taha Yasin Akyıldız, an educator and curriculum scholar, this reflective nonfiction book brings philosophy close to ordinary institutional life: the classroom dashboard, the standardized curriculum, the productivity system, the platform worker, the policy target, and the child who may be fully documented but still not fully understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow Dewey's pragmatism differs from the shallow idea of \"whatever works\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow Fordist thinking moved beyond the factory into schools, platforms, offices, and public systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy measurement can support human growth or quietly replace it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow dashboards, metrics, and standardized procedures reshape modern life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat education, democracy, and institutional design can learn from Dewey today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than rejecting data, technology, or efficiency, the book asks how they can be placed back in the service of human development, democratic participation, inquiry, and meaningful education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers interested in: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Dewey and pragmatism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ephilosophy of education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esocial philosophy and institutional criticism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFordism, efficiency, and modern society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecurriculum studies, democracy, and human growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA philosophical question for the age of metrics: \u003c\/b\u003e when something works, who benefits, what is lost, and what kind of human future does it prepare?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882793713815,"sku":"9798195512163","price":1316.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195512163.webp?v=1781097104","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/works-for-whom-dewey-fordism-and-the-new-pragmatism-9798195512163","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}