A History of Philosophy in America: 1720-2000

by Bruce Kuklick

Book Overview

Here at last is the only up-to-date history of American philosophy, an American counterpart to Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy. In this fascinating volume, the eminent historian Bruce Kuklick tells the story of the growth of philosophical thinking in the United States, in the context of intellectual and social change. He sketches the genesis of these intellectual practices in New England Calvinism and the writing of Jonathan Edwards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199260168
• ISBN13: 9780199260164
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"