The American evasion of philosophy : a genealogy of pragmatism / / Cornel West
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| Autore: |
West Cornel
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| Titolo: |
The American evasion of philosophy : a genealogy of pragmatism / / Cornel West
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c1989 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 279 p |
| Disciplina: | 144/.3/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, American - History |
| Pragmatism - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Emersonian Prehistory of American Pragmatism -- Emerson on Power (and Tradition) -- Emerson on Provocation (and the Market) -- Emerson on Personality (and Race) -- Emerson on Organic Intellectual -- 2 The Historic Emergence of American Pragmatism -- Peirce on Scientific Method, Community, and Christian Love -- James on Individuality, Reconciliation, and Heroic Energies -- 3 The Coming-of-Age of American Pragmatism: John Dewey -- Dewey on Historical Consciousness, Critical Intelligence, and creative Democracy -- 4 The Dilemma of the Mid-Century Pragmatic Intellectual -- Sidney Hook: The Deweyen Political Intellecrual -- C. Wright Mills: The Neo-Deweyan Radical Social Critic -- W.E.B. Du Bois: The Jamesian Cultural Critic -- Reinhold Niebuhr: The Jamesian Cultural Critic -- Lionel Trilling: The Pragmatist as Arnoldian Literary Critic -- 5 the Decline and Resurgence of American Pragmatism: W.V. Quine and Richard Rorty -- 6. Prophetic Pragmatism: Cultural Criticism and Political Engagement -- Roverto Unger and Third-Wave Left Romanticism -- The Challenge of Michel Foucault -- Tragedy, Tradition, and Political Praxis -- Prophetic Pragmatism and Postmodernity -- Notes -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The American evasion of philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-282-69747-1 |
| 9786612697470 | |
| 0-299-11963-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827110403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Wisconsin project on American writers.