The American Evasion of Philosophy
Abstrak
Part 1 The Emersonian prehistory of American pragmatism: Emerson on power (and tradition) Emerson on provocation (and the market) Emerson on personality (and race) Emerson as organic intellectual. Part 2 The historic emergence of American pragmatism: Peirce on scientific method, community and Christian love James on individuality, reconciliation and heroic energies. Part 3 The coming-of-age of American pragmatism - John Dewey: Dewey on historical consciousness, critical intelligence nad creative democracy. Part 4 The dilemna of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual: the Deweyan political intellectual, Sidney Hook the Neo-Deweyan radical social critic, C.Wright Mills the Jamesian organic intellectual, W.E.B. Du Bois the Jamesian cultural critic, Reinhold Niebuhr the pragmatist as Arnoldian literary critic, Lionel Trilling. Part 5 The decline and resurgence of American pragmatism - W.V. Quine and Richard Rorty. Part 6 Prophetic pragmatism - cultural criticism and political engagement: Roberto Unger and third-wave left romanticism the challenge of Michel Foucault tragedy, tradition and political praxis prophetic pragmatism and postmodernity.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
C. West
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 1989
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 478×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1215/10439455-4.2.109
- Akses
- Open Access ✓