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James M. Albrecht - Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison - 9780823242092 - V9780823242092
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Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison

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Description for Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison Hardback. 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. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.

America has a love–hate relationship with individualism. In Reconstructing Individualism, James Albrecht argues that our conceptions of individualism have remained trapped within the assumptions of classic liberalism. He traces an alternative genealogy of individualist ethics in four major American thinkers—Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James, John Dewey, and Ralph Ellison.
These writers’ shared commitments to pluralism (metaphysical and cultural), experimentalism, and a melioristic stance toward value and reform led them to describe the self as inherently relational. Accordingly, they articulate models of selfhood that are socially engaged and ethically responsible, and they argue that a reconceived—or, in Dewey’s term, “reconstructed”—individualism ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
American Philosophy
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823242092
SKU
V9780823242092
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About James M. Albrecht
James M. Albrecht is Associate Professor of English and Dean of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University.

Reviews for Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison
"What emerges from these discussions of an Emerson-inflected pragmatism is a convincing narrative of the development of a democratic theory that both maintains a standard of public responsibility and accountability, while preserving the vital role of individual moral reasoning and moral choice in that process. I consider this a very important contribution to the history of American ethical and political ... Read more

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