The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of PragmatismSpringer, 1989 M12 1 - 279 pages A study of American pragmatism, this book looks at all the different stages from the Emersonian roots, through the dilemma of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual up to the decline and resurgence of American pragmatism. It also discusses prophetic pragmatism. |
Contents
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The Historic Emergence of American Pragmatism | 42 |
The ComingofAge of American | 69 |
The Dilemma of the MidCentury | 112 |
The NeoDeweyan Radical Social Critic | 124 |
The Jamesian Organic Intellectual | 138 |
The Jamesian Cultural Critic | 150 |
The Pragmatist as Arnoldian Literary Critic | 164 |
Cultural Criticism | 211 |
182 | 244 |
243 | 259 |
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