Damn Great Empires! - William James and the Politics of Pragmatism

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Livingston is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University. Klappentext Treating William James's speeches, essays, notes, and correspondence on the United States' annexation of the Philippines as keys for unlocking the political significance of his celebrated writings on psychology, religion, and philosophy, this book reconstructs his overlooked political thought. Zusammenfassung Treating William James's speeches, essays, notes, and correspondence on the United States' annexation of the Philippines as keys for unlocking the political significance of his celebrated writings on psychology, religion, and philosophy, this book reconstructs his overlooked political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: The Political Uses of William James Chapter 2: Cravings and Consequences Chapter 3: Taming the Strenuous Life Chapter 4: Stuttering Conviction Chapter 5: Tragedy, History, and Democratic Faith Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Livingston, Alexander (Assistant Professor of Gove Livingston
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2016
• EAN: 9780190237165
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023716-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education