William James: Politics in the Pluriverse

by Kennan Ferguson

Book Overview

William James is known today strictly as a philosopher of pragmatism. Williams James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Kennan Ferguson argues that James should instead be known as the progenitor of pluralism, one of the most influential and durable American political philosophies of the twentieth century. James contended that engagement with the foreign, the difficult, and the uncomfortable makes us who we are. Rather than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742523276
• ISBN13: 9780742523272
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"