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Reconstructing individualism : a pragmatic tradition from Emerson to Ellison / James M. Albrecht.
LIBRA B832 .A345 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albrecht, James M.
- Series:
- American philosophy series (Unnumbered)
- American philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellison, Ralph.
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
- James, William, 1842-1910.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
- Philosophy, American--19th century.
- Philosophy, American.
- Philosophy, American--20th century.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Philosophy.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- James, William, 1842-1910--Philosophy.
- James, William.
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952--Philosophy.
- Dewey, John.
- Ellison, Ralph--Philosophy.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Literature and society.
- Individualism.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- United States.
- Individualism--United States--History.
- Individualism in literature.
- Pragmatism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 376 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- "Explores the theories of democratic individualism articulated in the works of the American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, pragmatic philosophers William James and John Dewey, and African-American novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : "Individualism has never been tried": toward a pragmatic individualism
- Pt. 1. Emerson
- What's the use of reading Emerson pragmatically?: the example of William James
- "Let us have worse cotton and better men": Emerson's ethics of self-culture
- Pt. 2. Pragmatism: James and Dewey
- "Moments in the world's salvation": James's pragmatic individualism
- Character and community: Dewey's model of moral selfhood
- "The local is the ultimate universal": Dewey on reconstructing individuality and community
- Pt. 3. A tragic-comic ethics in the Emersonian vein: Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison
- "Saying 'yes' and saying 'no'": individualist ethics in Ellison and Burke.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823242092
- 0823242099
- OCLC:
- 748331391
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