| Acknowledgement | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Notes | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-25页 |
| 1.1 Research Purpose | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Deweyan Community Studies in America | 第12-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Deweyan Community Studies in China | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第19-21页 |
| 1.4 Methodology | 第21-22页 |
| 1.5 Thesis Statement | 第22页 |
| 1.6 Organization of Thesis | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Deweyan Construction of a Great Community | 第25-39页 |
| 2.1 Source of the Great Community:Josiah Royce's Work | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Great Community Proposed by John Dewey | 第28-39页 |
| 2.2.1 Dewey's Lament about "Machine Age" | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Participatory Democracy | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2.3 Bottom-Up Democratic Community | 第33-35页 |
| 2.2.4 Dewey's Pluralist Thinking: Diversity Enriches Democracy | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Constructing a Great Community:Inquiry as Scientific Method | 第39-50页 |
| 3.1 Dewey's View of Knowledge | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2 Inquiry as Means to Reduce Uncertainty | 第42-46页 |
| 3.3 Community Enhanced by Inquiry | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Constructing a Great Community:Communication as Catalyst forCommunal Life | 第50-61页 |
| 4.1 Humans as Organisms in Common Cultural Environment | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2 Communication through Shared Signs and Symbols | 第52-57页 |
| 4.3 Communicative Actions as Remedy for Ailments of Democracy | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-78页 |
