American Philosophy Before Pragmatism

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Russell Goodman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Zusammenfassung

Russell Goodman tells the story of the development of philosophy in America from the mid-18th century to the late 19th century. The key figures, including Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, and Thoreau, were not professors but men of the world, whose deep influence on American thought brought philosophy together with religion, politics, and literature.

Zusatztext

...Goodman's book is required reading. There is much to admire about this relatively short (and therefore extremely ambitious) book: its historical detail, its ability to anticipate and foreshadow later philosophical developments, its attention to the nexus of the political and the philosophical, and a gracious manner of writing that invites the reader into a very accessible story about a strain of American thought

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Russell B Goodman, Russell B. Goodman, Russell B. (University of New Mexico) Goodman
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9780199577545
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957754-5
• Seiten: 292
• Serie: The Oxford History of Philosophy
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy