Democratic Temperament: The Legacy of William James

by Joshua I. Miller

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century psychologist and pragmatist philosopher William James is rarely considered a political theorist. Renowned as the author of The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience, James is often viewed as a radical individualist with no interest in politics; yet he was a critic of imperialism and absolutism and an advocate of tolerance, and his writing includes a penetrating analysis of political psychology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608311
• ISBN13: 9780700608317
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"