Thoreau's importance for philosophy / edited by Rick Anthony Furtak, Jonathan Ellsworth, and James D. Reid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furtak, Rick Anthony.

Ellsworth, Jonathan.

Reid, James D.

Series:

American Philosophy

American philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although Henry David ThoreauGs best-known book, Walden, is admired as a classic work of American literature, it has not yet been widely recognized as an important philosophical text. In fact, many academic philosophers would be reluctant to classify Thoreau as a philosopher at all. The purpose of this volume is to remedy this neglect, to explain ThoreauGs philosophical significance, and to argue that we can still learn from his polemical conception of philosophy. Thoreau sought to establish philosophy as a way of life and to root our philosophical, conceptual affairs in more practical or exist

Contents:

Contents; 1 Locating Thoreau, reorienting philosophy; 2 Thoreau and Emersonian perfectionism; 3 Thoreau and the body; 4 Speaking extravagantly; 5 In wildness is the preservation of the world; 6 Articulating a huckleberry cosmos; 7 The value of being; 8 Thoreau's moral epistemology and its contemporary relevance; 9 How walden works; 10 Wonder and affliction; 11 An emerson gone mad; 12 Henry David Thoreau: The Asian thread ; 13 The impact of Thoreau's political activism; 14 Walden revisited; Notes; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-297) and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-3934-9

0-8232-4954-9

OCLC:

923763673