William James: Politics in the Pluriverse

William James: Politics in the Pluriverse
ISBN-10
1461647185
ISBN-13
9781461647188
Series
William James
Category
Political Science
Pages
140
Language
English
Published
2007-05-22
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Author
Kennan Ferguson

Description

William James is known today as a philosopher of pragmatism. William James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Ferguson traces the historical importance and contemporary possibilities of pluralism's original political insight. In this important work he examines the trajectory of pluralism in the United States and England, the mutual influences of turn-of-the-century American and European philosophical traditions, and the relationship between pluralism and James's active anti-imperialism. James's unexpected political concepts and commitments both illuminate political philosophy of the 20th century and challenge contemporary assumptions about the desirability of unanimity. Pluralism, not unity, should be the goal of both politics and philosophy.

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