Damn great empires! : William James and the politics of pragmatism / / Alexander Livingston [[electronic resource]]
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Livingston Alexander
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| Titolo: |
Damn great empires! : William James and the politics of pragmatism / / Alexander Livingston [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 320.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Imperialism - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Territorial expansion History 19th century |
| Philippines Annexation to the United States | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Damn great empires |
| ISBN: | 0-19-023718-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154300403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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