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"Skillfully places James's work in cultural and historical context, richly exploring how pragmatism functioned and continues to function as a mode of American cultural rhetoric as the U.S. struggles to understand itself in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." -Shannon Sullivan, author of Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism "Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future." -William Gavin, University of Southern Maine

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Varieties of Pragmatism
2. Genealogies of Pragmatism
3. Pragmatism and the American Scene
4. The Gender of Pragmatism
5. Pragmatism Comes of Age
Conclusion: Continuing the Argument
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 21/01/2016
      ISBN13: 9780253018182, 978-0253018182
      ISBN10: 0253018188
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Skillfully places James's work in cultural and historical context, richly exploring how pragmatism functioned and continues to function as a mode of American cultural rhetoric as the U.S. struggles to understand itself in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." -Shannon Sullivan, author of Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism "Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future." -William Gavin, University of Southern Maine

      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. Varieties of Pragmatism
      2. Genealogies of Pragmatism
      3. Pragmatism and the American Scene
      4. The Gender of Pragmatism
      5. Pragmatism Comes of Age
      Conclusion: Continuing the Argument
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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