Reconstructing individualism [electronic resource] : a pragmat ic tradition from Emerson to Ellison /
Albrecht, James M.
Reconstructing individualism a pragmat ic tradition from Emerson to Ellison / [electronic resource] : James M. Albrecht. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - xii, 376 p. ; 24 cm. - American philosophy . - American philosophy series (Unnumbered) Fordham American philosophy. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "Individualism has never been tried": toward a pragma tic individualism -- Pt. 1. Emerson -- What's the use of reading Emerso n pragmatically?: the example of William James -- "Let us have worse co tton and better men": Emerson's ethics of self-culture -- Pt. 2. Pragma tism: James and Dewey -- "Moments in the world's salvation": James's pr agmatic individualism -- Character and community: Dewey's model of mora l selfhood -- "The local is the ultimate universal": Dewey on reconstru cting individuality and community -- Pt. 3. A tragic-comic ethics in th e Emersonian vein: Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison -- "Saying 'yes' and saying 'no'": individualist ethics in Ellison and Burke.
Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2013.
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([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
([Fordham American philosophy)]
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Philosophy.
James, William, 1842-1910 -- Philosophy.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 -- Philosophy.
Ellison, Ralph-- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American-- 19th century.
Philosophy, American-- 20th century.
Literature and society-- United States.
Individualism-- History.-- United States
Individualism in literature.
Pragmatism in literature.
Reconstructing individualism a pragmat ic tradition from Emerson to Ellison / [electronic resource] : James M. Albrecht. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - xii, 376 p. ; 24 cm. - American philosophy . - American philosophy series (Unnumbered) Fordham American philosophy. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "Individualism has never been tried": toward a pragma tic individualism -- Pt. 1. Emerson -- What's the use of reading Emerso n pragmatically?: the example of William James -- "Let us have worse co tton and better men": Emerson's ethics of self-culture -- Pt. 2. Pragma tism: James and Dewey -- "Moments in the world's salvation": James's pr agmatic individualism -- Character and community: Dewey's model of mora l selfhood -- "The local is the ultimate universal": Dewey on reconstru cting individuality and community -- Pt. 3. A tragic-comic ethics in th e Emersonian vein: Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison -- "Saying 'yes' and saying 'no'": individualist ethics in Ellison and Burke.
Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2013.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
([Fordham American philosophy)]
Mode of access: Intranet.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Philosophy.
James, William, 1842-1910 -- Philosophy.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 -- Philosophy.
Ellison, Ralph-- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American-- 19th century.
Philosophy, American-- 20th century.
Literature and society-- United States.
Individualism-- History.-- United States
Individualism in literature.
Pragmatism in literature.