01978nam 2200397 450 991015430040332120170924221225.00-19-023718-X(CKB)3710000000881882(StDuBDS)EDZ0001530912(EXLCZ)99371000000088188220160728d2016 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDamn great empires! William James and the politics of pragmatism /Alexander Livingston[electronic resource]New York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resourcePreviously issued in print: 2016.0-19-023715-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.'Damn Great Empires!' provides a new perspective on the works of William James by placing his encounter with American imperialism at the centre of his philosophical vision. This book reconstructs his overlooked political thought by treating James's anti-imperialist Nachlass - his speeches, essays, notes, and correspondence on the United States' annexation of the Philippines - as the key to the political significance of his celebrated writings on psychology, religion, and philosophy. It shows how James located a craving for authority at the heart of empire as a way of life, a craving he diagnosed and unsettled through his insistence on a modern world without ultimate foundations.ImperialismMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesTerritorial expansionHistory19th centuryPhilippinesAnnexation to the United StatesImperialismMoral and ethical aspects.320.092Livingston Alexander1257889StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910154300403321Damn great empires2914874UNINA