Reconstructing individualism a pragmat ic tradition from Emerson to Ellison - Albrecht, James M.; American Council of Learned Societies (New York : Fordham University Press, 2012)
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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Keywords: 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 -- United States -- History; Individualism in literature; Pragmatism in literature