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Book SynopsisPeirce's Pragmatism: A Radical Perspective situates Charles Sanders Peirce’s thought within his semiotic theory and its potential for application in cultural studies and the critique of ideologies. E. San Juan Jr. contextualizes “pragmaticism” historically and examines Peirce’s discourses on semiotics, ethics, and aesthetics and suggests their analogies with the radical critiques of Marx and other progressive trends. This book may be read as a provocation and a challenge for everyone to heed Peirce’s own maxim to inquire seriously into the effect of ideas on transforming the conduct of life by changing habits, traditional beliefs, purposes.
Trade ReviewPeirce's Pragmaticism: A Radical Perspective is a truly groundbreaking work on Peirce. It reviews the many-sided pragmatism originally proposed by Peirce, lucidly distinguishing it from the versions of Dewey, Rorty, and others, and, more important, it resituates it within a more radical, postmodern framework. Sonny San Juan places Peirce’s thought in a historical context, drawing parallels with other progressive trends, in particular critical ideas of Marx, West, feminist critics, and others. This is an important engagement with what’s current in the intellectual exchanges among international participants.
-- Peter McLaren, Chapman University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Pragmaticism as the Wager of Thought/Action
Chapter 2 Toward Peirce’s Dialectic: Problematizing the Conduct of Life
Chapter 3 Approaching Peirce’s Semiotics
Chapter 4 Peirce/Marx: Reason, Work, Nature
Chapter 5 Adventures in the Realm of Signs
Chapter 6 Peirce’s Esthetics: From Feeling to Knowledge and Action
Chapter 7 Prophetic Solidarity: Transforming Our World
