Author's Keywords: American cultural studies, Dewey, Foucault, history of the present, James Carey, power, pragmatism, problematization, publics	Convention All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Russill, Chris. "Renewing a Deweyan Cultural Studies Project through Pragmatist Publics: Contributions from James Carey and… Michel Foucault?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans, LA, May 27, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p113149_index.html>

Russill, C. , 2004-05-27 "Renewing a Deweyan Cultural Studies Project through Pragmatist Publics: Contributions from James Carey and… Michel Foucault?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans, LA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p113149_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: James Carey has raised serious questions about the political relevance of contemporary cultural studies work in terms of its ability to engage “conventional liberal/capitalist thought”. To address this situation, Carey has attempted to distinguish his “Dewey group” from French influences, particularly the work of Michel Foucault. This paper suggests that Carey’s analysis of the contemporary political situation and articulation of the tasks of cultural studies (a confrontation with scientism, a recovery of historical consciousness, and the reconstruction of Dewey’s view of publics) remains valid and reachable. However, his proposal for abandoning Foucault—a central aspect of his proposed strategy for re-focusing cultural studies—is deeply flawed. In response, this paper outlines the conditions likely facilitating Carey’s understanding of Foucault and forwards a counter proposal for advancing the values and tasks of American cultural studies as articulated by Carey at the theoretical level. This counterproposal suggests that a Deweyan cultural studies requires many of the tools advanced by Michel Foucault—archaeologies of discourse, genealogies of values and problematization—in order to meet the conditions set forth by Dewey for the constitution of publics. It focuses on a) what Foucault knew and read of Dewey, b) Foucault’s employment of Dewey’s view of a “history of the present,” and c) the shared rejection of Hobbesian “sovereignty” as a means of rethinking the analysis of power relations. I conclude by elaborating on Foucault’s self understanding of “problematization” and suggest this critical practice is central to any pragmatic renewal of Dewey’s critical project.

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