International perspectives on pragmatism / edited by Peter H. Hare ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hare, Peter H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism.

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Politics, Practical.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pr Ltd, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International Perspectives on Pragmatism combines, in a very appealing manner, a pragmatist approach of democracy with practical politics and history of ideas. The result is a meditation on contemporary society, while in the background there is a continuous debate on the concept of democracy, as defining mark of Western culture. Both its critics and its supporters talk about a decay of democracy, which would not justify an idealist perspective anymore. Arguments for this transpire from both t...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; ON HUMAN DIGNITY; ASPECTS OF THE CRISIS OF THE WEST; PART I; SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY AND DISASTER PREPARATION; LIBERTARIANISM; DEMOCRACY, LIBERALISM AND FREEDOM; WILLIAM JAMES AND THE HAYMARKET AFFAIR; PRAGMATISM AND POLITICAL PRACTICE; THE VALUES AND PRACTICES OF DEMOCRACY IN DEWEYAN PRAGMATISM; THE RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY AS A HUMAN RIGHT; PRAGMATIC ANARCHY IN A. N.WHITEHEAD; PART II; RATIONALIST GROUNDS FOR PRAGMATIST DEMOCRACY; HUMANITY AND MORAL DUTY; THE RORTYAN CONCEPT OF JUSTICE AS A 'LARGER LOYALTY'

RORTY ON DEMOCRACY AND JUSTIFICATIONCONTEMPORARY SOCIETY UNDER THE TYRANNY OF A DEMOCRACY OF THE TRUTH; PRAGMATISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS; TEACHER, DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND METHODS (DEWEY AND HIS PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION); A PRAGMATIC DEFENSE OF JUSTICE; PART III; COMMUNITY OF ART; COMMENTS AND QUERIES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-04296-3

9786612042966

1-4438-0304-9

OCLC:

815769532