The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism

by Cornel West

Book Overview

Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West's basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey is the central figure in West's pantheon of pragmatists, but he treats as well such varied mid-century representatives of the tradition as Sidney Hook, C. Wright Mills, W. E. B. Du Bois, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Lionel Trilling. West's "genealogy" is, ultimately,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299119645
• ISBN13: 9780299119645
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"