Native pragmatism: rethinking the roots of American philosophy
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1. Verfasser: Pratt, Scott L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press ©2002
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
The problem of origins -- American pragmatism -- The colonial attitude -- American progress -- The indigenous attitude -- Welcoming the cannibals -- The logic of place -- "This very ground" -- Science and sovereignty -- The logic of home -- Feminism and pragmatism
Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally, it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the 'American wilderness'. A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 316 pages)
ISBN:025310890X
0253215196
0253340780
9780253108906
9780253215192
9780253340788

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