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Sidney Hook on pragmatism, democracy, and freedom : the essential essays / edited by Robert B. Talisse and Robert Tempio ; foreword by Alan Ryan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Pragmatism.
- Naturalism.
- Communism.
- Democracy.
- Liberty.
- Physical Description:
- 456 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- Twenty-five of Hook's most incisive essays in political philosophy discuss pragmatism and naturalism, Marx and Marxism, Democratic theory and practice, and the defense of a free society.
- Contents:
- Editors' Introduction: The Legacy of Sidney Hook 11
- I. Philosophical Contexts: Pragmatism and Naturalism
- 1. Experimental Naturalism 29
- 2. Naturalism and First Principles 46
- 3. Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life 68
- 4. The Place of Reason in an Age of Conflict 91
- II. Studies in Marx and Marxism
- 5. Communism without Dogmas 111
- 6. What Is Living and Dead in Marxism 147
- 7. Karl Marx versus the Communist Movement 181
- 8. The Cult of Revolution 202
- III. Democratic Theory
- 9. Naturalism and Democracy 225
- 10. The Philosophical Heritage of the Atlantic Democracies 250
- 11. Conflicts in Ways of Belief 267
- 12. The Democratic Way of Life 275
- 13. The Ethics of Controversy 289
- 14. The Degradation of the Word 296
- IV. Democratic Practice
- 15. Democracy and Social Protest: Neither Blind Obedience nor Uncivil Disobedience 307
- 16. Are There Limits to Freedom of Expression? 321
- 17. The War against the Democratic Process 327
- 18. Education and Creative Intelligence 358
- 19. A Critique of Conservatism 375
- V. In Defense of a Free Society
- 20. Education in Defense of a Free Society 389
- 21. The Principles and Problems of Academic Freedom 401
- 22. In Defense of the Cold War: Neither Red nor Dead 414
- 23. Human Rights and Social Justice 424
- 24. Toward Greater Equality 440
- 25. The Intellectual in America 449.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1591020220
- OCLC:
- 50559672
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