The American evasion of philosophy
a genealogy of pragmatism
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Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
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- Internet Archiveamericanevasiono0000west_p5w7
- ISBN-10033352568X
- ISBN-100333525698
- ISBN-139780333525685
- ISBN-139780333525692
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- Better World Books9780333525692
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- Open LibraryOL14999567M
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- DDC191
- LCCB935
- LCCB1-5802
Description
"Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West's basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey is the central figure in West's pantheon of pragmatists, but he treats as well such varied mid-century representatives of the tradition as Sidney Hook, C. Wright Mills, W.E.B. Du Bois, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Lionel Trilling. West's "genealogy" is, ultimately, a very personal work, for it is imbued throughout with the author's conviction that a thorough reexamination of American pragmatism may help inspire and instruct contemporary efforts to remake and reform American society and culture."--Publisher description.
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Series Statement
- Language, discourse, society
- Language, discourse, society series
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