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Book SynopsisThis book is the fourth volume of selected papers from the Central European Pragmatist Forum (CEPF). It deals with the general question of self and society, and the papers are organized into sections on Self and History, Self and Society, Self and Politics, Self and Neopragmatism, and an Interview with Richard Rorty. The authors are among the leading specialists in American philosophy from universities across the US and in Central and Eastern Europe.
Table of ContentsForeword by Joseph Margolis Preface by Alexander Kremer and John Ryder Self and History Ramón Rodríguez Aguilera: Sense of Self, Sense of Reality: A Peircean Approach in a Globalizing World James Campbell: William James’s Social Understanding of the Self Richard E. Hart: Dewey and Steinbeck on the Individual and Community Donald Morse: Dewey and the Lost Individual Self and Society Michael Eldridge: The Social Character of Obligation in Dewey’s Pragmatic Ethics Larry A. Hickman: Publics and Products: Reassembling the Social Juan Carlos Mougán Rivero: Social Cooperation as Civic Virtue Kathleen A. Wallace: Personal Identity of an Intersectional Self Lyubov Bugaeva: Education and Social Change: Gorky, Dewey and Fabian Socialism Self and Politics Thomas C. Hilde: Towards a Pragmatic Reconstruction of International Institutions: Traveling Selves and Epistemic Cosmopolitanism Armen Marsoobian: Genocide’s Aftermath: Reflections on Self and Responsibility John Ryder: American Philosophy and Foreign Policy Emil Višňovský: Social Control, Self-Control and Norms: a Pragmatist Approach Gert-Rüdiger Wegmarshaus: The Political Self in Modern Democracy: Individual Liberty and Personal Rights versus Republican Virtue and Communitarian Responsiveness Self and Neopragmatism Dorota Koczanowicz: Community, Individuality, and Experience Alexander Kremer: Richard Rorty’s Interpretation of Selfhood Miklós Nyírő: On the ‘Logic’ of Rorty’s Imaginative Liberalism: Utopia, Solidarity, and the Private-Public Distinction Radim Šíp: A Koala’s Face, A Pig’s Slaughters, and Rorty’s Conception of Self and Society Interview Alexander Kremer: An Interview with Richard Rorty About the Editors and Contributors Index
