The American Evasion of Philosophy

preview-18
  • The American Evasion of Philosophy Book Detail

  • Author : Cornel West
  • Release Date : 1989-05-09
  • Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
  • Genre : Philosophy
  • Pages : 292
  • ISBN 13 : 0299119637
  • File Size : 72,72 MB

The American Evasion of Philosophy by Cornel West PDF Summary

Book Description: Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West’s basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey is the central figure in West’s pantheon of pragmatists, but he treats as well such varied mid-century representatives of the tradition as Sidney Hook, C. Wright Mills, W. E. B. Du Bois, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Lionel Trilling. West’s "genealogy" is, ultimately, a very personal work, for it is imbued throughout with the author’s conviction that a thorough reexamination of American pragmatism may help inspire and instruct contemporary efforts to remake and reform American society and culture. "West . . . may well be the pre-eminent African American intellectual of our generation."—The Nation "The American Evasion of Philosophy is a highly intelligent and provocative book. Cornel West gives us illuminating readings of the political thought of Emerson and James; provides a penetrating critical assessment of Dewey, his central figure; and offers a brilliant interpretation—appreciative yet far from uncritical—of the contemporary philosopher and neo-pragmatist Richard Rorty. . . . What shines through, throughout the work, is West's firm commitment to a radical vision of a philosophic discourse as inextricably linked to cultural criticism and political engagement."—Paul S. Boyer, professor emeritus of history, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Wisconsin Project on American Writers Frank Lentricchia, General Editor

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The American Evasion of Philosophy books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The American Evasion of Philosophy

The American Evasion of Philosophy

File Size : 22,22 MB
Total View : 4977 Views
DOWNLOAD

Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West’s basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurg

The American Pragmatists

The American Pragmatists

File Size : 3,3 MB
Total View : 7301 Views
DOWNLOAD

Cheryl Misak presents a history of the great American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, from its inception in the Metaphysical Club of the 1870s to the pre

Native Pragmatism

Native Pragmatism

File Size : 74,74 MB
Total View : 9349 Views
DOWNLOAD

Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the "American wilderne

Conversion in American Philosophy

Conversion in American Philosophy

File Size : 86,86 MB
Total View : 6907 Views
DOWNLOAD

In this fresh, provocative account of the American philosophical tradition, Roger Ward explores the work of key thinkers through an innovative and counterintuit

Hope on a Tightrope

Hope on a Tightrope

File Size : 52,52 MB
Total View : 4756 Views
DOWNLOAD

The New York Times best-selling author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters offers open-hearted wisdom for our times in this courageous collection of quotation