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Democratic Hope : Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth

by Robert B. Westbrook
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Pragmatic philosophy for democratic society.

Democratic Hope is a great read for individuals interested in pragmatism and its impact on American political thought. The author examines the works of classical pragmatists such as John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, and reviews the recent revival of pragmatism by Rorty, Cheryl Misak, Richard Posner, Cornel West, and other contemporary American political thinkers. The book argues for a hopeful vision of deliberative democracy, underwritten by a pragmatist epistemology and ethics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Democratic Hope : Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth

by Robert B. Westbrook
$15.88 Now $11.12 Save 30%
ISBN: 9780801428333
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $37.88
Authors: Robert B. Westbrook
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date of Publication: 2005-09-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Politics, Philosophy
Related Topics: Political Science, Philosophy, History, Theory, Philosophy
Goodreads rating: 4.13
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Pragmatism, as Richard Rorty has said, "names the chief glory of our country's intellectual tradition." In Democratic Hope , Robert B. Westbrook examines the varieties of classical pragmatist thought in the work of John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, testing in good pragmatic fashion the truth of propositions by their consequences in experience. Westbrook also attends to the recent revival of pragmatism by Rorty, Cheryl Misak, Richard Posner, Hilary Putnam, Cornel West, and others and to pragmatist strains in contemporary American political thinking. Westbrook's aims are both historical and to ensure that the genealogy of pragmatism is an honest one and to argue for a hopeful vision of deliberative democracy underwritten by a pragmatist epistemology and ethics.
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Pragmatic philosophy for democratic society.

Democratic Hope is a great read for individuals interested in pragmatism and its impact on American political thought. The author examines the works of classical pragmatists such as John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, and reviews the recent revival of pragmatism by Rorty, Cheryl Misak, Richard Posner, Cornel West, and other contemporary American political thinkers. The book argues for a hopeful vision of deliberative democracy, underwritten by a pragmatist epistemology and ethics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.