| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) |
| Series |
American philosophy series, 1073-2764 ; no. 18 |
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American philosophy series ; no. 18. 1073-2764
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| Contents |
Some preliminary remarks on the origins of pragmatism -- Royce, philosophy, and wandering: a job description -- Wilderness as philosophical home -- Working certainly and Deweyan wisdom -- Wildness as political act -- "After all, he's just a man": the wild side of life in country music -- William James and the wild beasts of the philosophical desert -- John Dewey's sensible mysticism -- "Born to run": male mysticism on the road -- philosophy as teaching: James's "Knight errant," Thomas Davidson -- Learning and teaching: gambling, love, and growth (with Michael Ventimiglia) -- Emerson's platonizing of American thought -- American loss in Cavell's Emerson -- Emerson and Kerouac: Grievous angels of hope and loss -- Pragmatic intellectuals: facing loss in the spirit of American philosophy |
| Summary |
Beginning with the assumption that philosophy - the Greek love of wisdom - is alive and well in American culture, this work traverses American life to find places in the wider culture where professional philosophy in the distinctively American tradition can strike up a conversation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy, American -- 20th century.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Philosophy
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Civilization
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Philosophy, American
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139942
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823235506 |
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0823235505 |
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9781429478908 |
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142947890X |
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9780823248315 |
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0823248313 |
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