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Book SynopsisFrom Finding to Making offers the first detailed discussion of the relationship between Marxism and pragmatism. These two philosophies of praxis are not incompatible, and an analysis of their relation helps one to better understand both. Establishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, this book discusses similarities and differences between these philosophies. It is an interdisciplinary study that brings together philosophy, American and European intellectual history, and literary studies. Schulenberg’s book shows that if we seek to continue the unfinished project of establishing a genuinely postmetaphysical culture, the attempt to elucidate the dialectics of Marxism and pragmatism is a good starting point. The book offers detailed discussions of Sidney Hook, Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Fredric Jameson, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, and Jacques Rancière.
Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Early Encounters: Sidney Hook, Richard J. Bernstein, and George Novak.- 3. Resuscitating Georg Lukács: Form, Metaphysics, and the Idea of a New Realism.- 4. “Kunst hat soviel Chance wie die Form”: Theodor W. Adorno and the Idea of a Poeticized Culture.- 5. “This morning I read as angels read”: Self-Creation, Aesthetics, and the Crisis of Black Politics in W.E.B. Du Bois’s
Dark Princess.- 6. Marxism, Pragmatism, and Narrative.- 7. Marxism, Pragmatism, and Postcritique.- 8. From Finding to Making: Jacques Rancière, Richard Rorty, and the Antifoundationalist Story of Progress.- 9. Stories of Emancipation and the Idea of Creative Praxis: Karl Marx and John Dewey.- 10. Conclusion.
