John Dewey in China: YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Abstract

Almost eight decades have passed since John Dewey lectured, traveled and completed the "cycle" of world cultural exchange in China. The other cycle, to the completion of which he did not contribute, is the cycle of his fame in China, The two years and two months from 1919-1921 when he was in China saw the zenith of his influence there. From the end of the 1930s on, Dewey's name was either forgotten or lost its brilliance. Then, in the mid 1950s, Dewey's fame dropped to its nadir, and the condemning instead of the eulogizing of his philosophy became the fad. His fate did not change