Ikeda/Soka Studies in Education the Dewey Soka Heritage and Future of

This book examines the contemporary relevance of the ecology of thought and practice present in and inspired by the educational perspectives of John Dewey and the Japanese progenitors of sōka, or "value-creating," approaches to life and education: Makiguchi Tsunesaburō, Toda Jōsei, and Ikeda Daisaku. This book examines the contemporary relevance of the East-West ecology of thought and practice present in and inspired by the educational perspectives of American philosopher John Dewey (1859–1952) and the Japanese progenitors of sōka, or “value-creating,” approaches to life and education and the Soka organizations and institutions they advanced embodying and memorializing these in name and ethos: Makiguchi Tsunesaburō (1871–1944), Toda Jōsei (1900–1958), and Ikeda Daisaku (1928–2023).