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William James's Varieties of Religious Experience is one of the most renowned works of the famous psychologist and founder of pragmatism, and a fully accomplished anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of religion.
In this book a selection of 10 papers from international scholars, previously presented at the International Centennary Conference in Celebration of The Gifford Lectures at University of Edinburgh in 2002, explore the theoretical and historical 'fringes' of James's work in the attempt to provide new insights into some major issues involved therein. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with important philosophical and psychological issues related to James's account of religious experience. A second shorter section lays a focus a on the historical sources and reception of James's ideas in American and European culture.
About the author
Sergio Franzese is PhD in philosophy at Vanderbilt University (Nashville-TN) and Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Lecce (Italy); his studies focused on American pragmatism, in particular on William James, XIX century continental philosophy and phenomenology. His production includes several articles and translations, and major works such as of L uomo indeterminato. Saggio su William James (D Anselmi, 2000) and Nietzsche e l America (ETS, 2005).
Felicitas Krämer, Dr. phil., ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
