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Damn great empires! : William James and the politics of pragmatism / Alexander Livingston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, William, 1842-1910--Political and social views.
- James, William.
- James, William, 1842-1910.
- Imperialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Territorial expansion.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- United States--Territorial expansion--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Philippines--Annexation to the United States.
- Philippines.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 240 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Damn Great Empires! offers a new perspective on the works of William James by placing his encounter with American imperialism at the center of his philosophical vision. This book reconstructs James's overlooked political thought by treating his anti-imperialist Nachlass-his speeches, essays, notes, and correspondence on the United States' annexation of the Philippines-as the key to unlocking the political significance of his celebrated writings on psychology, religion, and philosophy. Against the conventional view of James as a thinker who remained silent on questions of politics, this book places him in dialogue with a transatlantic critique of modernity, as well as with champions and critics of American imperialism, from Theodore Roosevelt to W. E. B. Du Bois, in order to excavate James's anarchistic political vision. Bringing the history of political thought into conversation with contemporary debates in political theory, Damn Great Empires! delivers a fresh and original reexamination of the political consequences of pragmatism as a public philosophy. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Political Uses of William James 24
- Chapter 2 Cravings and Consequences 53
- Chapter 3 Taming the Strenuous Life 77
- Chapter 4 Stuttering Conviction 103
- Chapter 5 Tragedy, History, and Democratic Faith 126.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Livingston, Alexander, author. Damn great empires!
- ISBN:
- 9780190237158
- 0190237155
- 9780190237165
- 0190237163
- OCLC:
- 945549944
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