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To be educated in a world that is shared with others. This article’soverall purpose is to contribute to the discussion on the relevance ofDemocracy and Education (1916) a hundred years after its publication. Itis first and foremost John Dewey as a political thinker, whose philosophywas determined by a commitment to the values of community, publiclife, and shared experience, that stands in focus. The aim is twofold;to begin with the article sets out to discuss the concept of democracyand its roots in Dewey’s early writings and simultaneously a foundationfor conceptualizations in later works. Democracy and Education is thusinterpreted at the intersection of early findings and future work. Secondly,in the light of reading Democracy and Education between his past andfuture writings, the article sheds light on the shortcomings of the presenteducational debate and argues for the importance to re-think the socialfunction of education amidst the private and the public sphere.