Pragmatism, Postmodernism and the Future of Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780415939676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

John J. Stuhr; J. Stuhr John

Opis

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Thinking beyond the Twentieth Century: Democracy and Education after Liberalism; Chapter 2 The Defects of Liberalism: Lasting Elements of Negative Pragmatism; Chapter 3 Democracy as a Way of Life, Democracy in the Face of Terrorism; Chapter 4 Relevances, Realities, and Rat Races: Democracy as a; Personal; Way of Life; Chapter 5 From the Art of Surfaces to Control Societies and Beyond: Stoicism, Postmodernism, and Pan-Machinism; Chapter 6 From Consciousness of Doom to Criticism: Non-Dialectical Critical Theory; Chapter 7 Genealogy, Critique, and Transformation: In Our Time; Chapter 8 Power/Inquiry: Criticism and the Logic of Pragmatism; Chapter 9 Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Future of Philosophy: Farewell to an Idea; Chapter 10 No Consolation: Life without Spirituality, Philosophy without Transcendence;

O autorze

John J. Stuhr is Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University and head of the department. He has authored and edited numerous books including Genealogical Pragmatism and Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy, and is Chief Editor of the Routledge American Philosophy Series.