 | Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison Subjects: Philosophy American -- 19th century; Philosophy American -- 20th century; Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803–1882 -- Philosophy; James William 1842–1910 -- Philosophy; Dewey John 1859–1952 -- Philosophy; Ellison Ralph -- Philosophy; Literature and society; Explores the theories of democratic individualism articulated in the works of the American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, pragmatic philosophers William James and John Dewey, and African-American novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison. Albrecht James M. : James M. Albrecht is Associate Professor of English and Dean of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University. |
