William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture
ISBN: 9780253018243
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: James William 1842–1910; Pragmatism;

"Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future." --William Gavin, University of Southern Maine William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in nineteenth-century America.Deborah Whitehead reads pragmatism through the intersecting themes of narrative, gender, nation, politics, and religion. As she considers how pragmatism helps to explain the United States to itself, Whitehead articulates a contemporary pragmatism and shows how it has become a powerful and influential discourse in American intellectual and popular culture.

Deborah Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.


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