John Dewey’s role as a “public philosopher” is well-documented; his political activism, however, has not received much attention from philosophers. While Dewey is well remembered as a philosopher who escaped the walls of the academy to speak to and write for general audiences, he also lent his name, status, and intellectual energy to political organizations and movements in American politics. In the first part of the paper, I provide an introduction to Dewey’s activism and its relation to the philosophical project of “democratization.” I consider present-day parallels between Dewey’s diagnosis of America’s political problems and the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, as well as the structural and methodological challenges facing a Deweyan progressive politics. I conclude by advocating for a new conception of “public pragmatism” that reflects lessons learned and contemporary conditions for political activism by philosophers seeking to follow in Dewey’s footsteps.

约翰·杜威（John Dewey）作为“公共哲学家”的角色有据可查。但是，他的政治行动主义并未受到哲学家的广泛关注。尽管杜威是一位哲学家，他逃脱了学院的围墙，可以与大众对话并为大众写信，但他同时也将自己的名字，地位和智慧带给了美国政治中的政治组织和运动。在本文的第一部分，我将介绍杜威的激进主义及其与“民主化”哲学计划的关系。我考虑了杜威对美国政治问题的诊断与伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）总统竞选活动之间的当今相似之处，以及杜威·进步政治所面临的结构和方法上的挑战。