The Community Reconstructs: The Meaning of Pragmatic Social ThoughtExplores the Pragmatists' contributions to American social thought, drawing upon the writings of William James, John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, James Hayden Tufts, and their various critics. This work also explores the Pragmatic analysis of society's potential for ongoing intelligent inquiry and cooperative evaluation to address social ills. |
Contents
William James and the Ethics of Fulfillment | 10 |
George Herbert Mead on Intelligent Social | 23 |
John Deweys Method of Social Reconstruction | 38 |
Politics and Conceptual Reconstruction | 59 |
Freedom and Community | 71 |
Optimism Meliorism Faith | 91 |
Philosophers and the Nature of Wisdom | 110 |
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The Community Reconstructs: The Meaning of Pragmatic Social Thought James Campbell No preview available - 1992 |
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