Albrecht, James M. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/> Emerson, Ralph Waldo,  1803-1882 -- Philosophy.<br/> James, William,  1842-1910 -- Philosophy.<br/> Dewey, John,  1859-1952 -- Philosophy.<br/> Ellison, Ralph-- Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Philosophy, American-- 19th century.<br/> Philosophy, American-- 20th century.<br/> Literature and society-- United States.<br/> Individualism-- History.-- United States<br/> Individualism in literature.<br/> Pragmatism in literature.