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Transforming one's self : the therapeutic ethical pragmatism of William James / Clifford S. Stagoll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stagoll, Clifford S., 1965- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series in American philosophy and cultural thought.
- SUNY Series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pragmatism.
- James, William, 1842-1910.
- James, William.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: William James's Ethics in the Pragmatist Tradition
- Pragmatism's Contested History
- James's Pragmatism as Applied Philosophy
- Hidden in Plain View: Uncovering James's Ethics of Self-Transformation
- Chapter 1. Locating James's Therapeutic Project
- An Ethics of and for Its Time
- Ethics Reconsidered
- Life, Character, and Experimentation
- Chapter 2. Uncovering Life's Potential: Relational Experience
- Experience and Ethics
- Theorizing Experience: Radical Empiricism
- Experience Conceived Relationally
- The Field of Consciousness
- Chapter 3. Defining Life's Potential: The Self-Transforming Self
- Self as Relational Product
- The Self-Transformative Project
- Interests and Self-Transformation
- Chapter 4. Realizing Life's Potential: An Ethics of Habit and Creative Willing
- The Habitual Self
- Habituating Destiny: Self-Transformation and Willing
- Living Willfully: Discipline, Effort, and Self-Transformation
- Conclusion: Recovering James's Therapeutic Ethics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stagoll, Clifford S. Transforming One's Self
- ISBN:
- 9781438493282
- 1438493282
- OCLC:
- 1385453821
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