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William James
Kennan Ferguson
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Description for William James
Hardback. William James is known as a philosopher of pragmatism. This work challenges this understanding. It traces the historical importance and contemporary possibilities of pluralism's original political insight. It illuminates political philosophy of the 20th century and challenges contemporary assumptions about the desirability of unanimity. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
William James is known today strictly as a philosopher of pragmatism. Williams James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Kennan Ferguson argues that James should instead be known as the progenitor of pluralism, one of the most influential and durable American political philosophies of the twentieth century. James contended that engagement with the foreign, the difficult, and the uncomfortable makes us who we are. Rather than mitigating differences or attempting to resolve conflicts, he embraced them, wholeheartedly advocating the opportunity to be transformed. Pluralism, in the mind of the thinker who popularized the term, led to a more ... Read more
William James is known today strictly as a philosopher of pragmatism. Williams James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Kennan Ferguson argues that James should instead be known as the progenitor of pluralism, one of the most influential and durable American political philosophies of the twentieth century. James contended that engagement with the foreign, the difficult, and the uncomfortable makes us who we are. Rather than mitigating differences or attempting to resolve conflicts, he embraced them, wholeheartedly advocating the opportunity to be transformed. Pluralism, in the mind of the thinker who popularized the term, led to a more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Series
Modernity and Political Thought
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742523265
SKU
V9780742523265
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About Kennan Ferguson
Kennan Ferguson is director of the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Studies at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The Politics of Judgment: Aesthetics, Identity, and Political Theory.
Reviews for William James
Ferguson cogently compares James with Kant, Hegel, Bergson, and others on a variety of topics, including sovereignty and psychology. Summing Up: Recommended.
CHOICE, January 2008
Ferguson's emphasis on James's pluralism, rather than his pragmatism, demonstrates how much we now can learn from James's political thinking and vigorous political activities. The depth of James's pluralism is nicely captured in ... Read more
CHOICE, January 2008
Ferguson's emphasis on James's pluralism, rather than his pragmatism, demonstrates how much we now can learn from James's political thinking and vigorous political activities. The depth of James's pluralism is nicely captured in ... Read more