Genealogical Pragmatism: Philosophy, Experience, and Community - Softcover

Stuhr, John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079143558X ISBN 13: 9780791435588

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1997

Synopsis

Drawing on the work of popular American writers, American philosophers, and Continental thinkers, this book provides a new interpretation of pragmatism and American philosophy. The book critically examines the pragmatism of American philosophers such as Emerson, Peirce, James, Royce, Santayana, and Dewey, as well as the postmodernism of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, and Lyotard, and addresses pressing individual and social problems in genuinely original ways that will be useful to everyone working in both traditions in philosophy, literary theory, political economy, and cultural studies. Written in an engaging, passionate style, Genealogical Pragmatism develops compelling new directions for critical thought, personal life, and community.

About this title

About the Author:

John J. Stuhr is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He is editor of Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture: Pragmatic Essays after Dewey, also published by SUNY Press, and has written or edited seven other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 079143558X
• ISBN 13: 9780791435588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314