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Sidney Hook Reconsidered

Author : Matthew J. Cotter
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616140828
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Sidney Hook Reconsidered written by Matthew J. Cotter and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterword by Richard RortyThe current intensification of scholarly interest in the response of American intellectuals to the rise and fall of American and Soviet Communism, the Cold War, the student movement, and Neo-Conservatism has brought the controversial and fascinating work of Sidney Hook once again to the attention of scholars of American political thought and culture. Beginning his career as the first American scholar of Marxism, a leading disciple of John Dewey, and an early supporter of Soviet Communism, Hook eventually renounced Marxism and came to be one of the most vehement supporters of the Cold War. Throughout his long and unquiet life, Hook was revered as the heir to Dewey's legacy, feared as a fierce polemicist, and criticized from all points of the political spectrum.The essays in this volume are the outcome of a centennial celebration honoring his life and career. In addition to some of his former students, colleagues, allies and adversaries, this volume contains several essays by relatively unknown scholars. The value of their contributions is measured by fresh insights into Hook's philosophical significance, as well as the underlying argument that adequate distance is needed to evaluate his historical relevance. Despite the contentious nature of these two approaches, ultimately these essays represent the comprehensive attempt to both reexamine Hook's legacy and celebrate his life.The contributors include Jo-Ann Boydston, Gary Bullert, Steven Cahn, Matthew Cotter, Michael Eldridge, Barbara Forrest, Nathan Glazer, Neil Jumonville, Marvin Kohl, Paul Kurtz, Tibor Machan, Christopher Phelps, Kathleen Poulos, Edward Shapiro, David Sidorsky, Robert Talisse, and Bruce Wilshire.With a completely revised and updated bibliography of Hook's works, plus an afterword by Richard Rorty, this outstanding collection of essays examining the rich and varied experience of one of America's most misunderstood intellectuals will be of great interest to students and scholars of American intellectual history and philosophy.Matthew J. Cotter (Brooklyn, NY) has been a lecturer at William Paterson University, Baruch College and Hunter College at the City University of New York (CUNY). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in American history at the City University of New York's Graduate Center.

The Disputed Legacy of Sidney Hook

Author : Gary B. Bullert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793627495
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Disputed Legacy of Sidney Hook written by Gary B. Bullert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Disputed Legacy of Sidney Hook examines the sixty-year career of one of the foremost public intellectuals in the United States. Sidney Hook’s convictions were widely disseminated through books, academic journals, newspapers articles, lectures, and several organizations that he founded. Hook’s legacies include being a leading Marxist-Leninist scholar, his long-standing commitment to secular humanism, his legacy as a legendary polemicist, his cultural conservatism if not neoconservatism, and his defense of democracy and John Dewey’s pragmatic and Cold War liberalism. Bullert concludes that Hook’s core philosophy is best typified by his Deweyan pragmatism, vigilant anti-communism, and secular humanism.

Young Sidney Hook

Author : Christopher Phelps
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472030583
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Young Sidney Hook written by Christopher Phelps and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first biography of philosopher Sidney Hook since his death in 1989, Christopher Phelps vividly describes the neglected early thought and political history of this important New York intellectual. Phelps chronicles Hook's early years and explores the contributions young Hook made to social theory, ethics, politics, epistemology, and discussions of scientific method. 12 photos.

The Politics of Paradigms

Author : George A. Reisch
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438473680
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Paradigms written by George A. Reisch and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers long-ignored political themes—ideology, propaganda, mind-control, and Orwellian history—at work within the pages of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The Politics of Paradigms shows that America’s most famous and influential book about science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions of 1962, was inspired and shaped by Thomas Kuhn’s political interests, his relationship with the influential cold warrior James Bryant Conant, and America’s McCarthy-era struggle to resist and defeat totalitarian ideology. Through detailed archival research, Reisch shows how Kuhn’s well-known theories of paradigms, crises, and scientific revolutions emerged from within urgent political worries—on campus and in the public sphere—about the invisible, unconscious powers of ideology, language, and history to shape the human mind and its experience of the world. George A. Reisch is managing editor of The Monist and series editor for Open Court Publishing Company’s series Popular Culture and Philosophy.

The Oxford Handbook of American Philosophy

Author : Cheryl Misak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191551287
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of American Philosophy written by Cheryl Misak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheryl Misak presents the first collective study of the development of philosophy in North America, from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. Twenty-six leading experts examine distinctive features of American philosophy, trace notable themes, and consider the legacy and influence of notable figures. This will be the first reference point for future work on the subject, and a fascinating resource for anyone interested in modern philosophy or American intellectual history.

Pragmatism, Politics, and Perversity

Author : Joseph L. Esposito
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739173634
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatism, Politics, and Perversity written by Joseph L. Esposito and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political project of pragmatism has focused primarily on its defense of democracy as the best political system to maintain and improve human well-being over lifetimes and generations. Pragmatism Politics and Perversity: Democracy and the American Party Battle describes this project of Peirce, Dewey, Hook, and Rorty, and combines it with Charles Beard's study of the party battle as the most determinative influence upon American democracy. The book updates and confirms Beard's hypothesis that the history of the party battle is a chronicle of perverse schemes and self-inflicted wounds - the most salient to date being the American Civil War - because it reflects a ceaselessly disruptive contest over the creation of two largely incompatible political states: nation state and market state. The book supports its thesis with detailed historical accounts of the formation of the Constitution and early federal judiciary, the sedition trials and political schemes of the 1790s, the frustration of market state Whigs to attract white working-class voters by exploiting their religious identities, the reckless machinations of Whig Republicans in precipitating a national crisis over a contrived threat of oligarchy and white slavery, and the ideological oscillations of the Supreme Court from market state to nation state jurisprudence and back again. To reduce perversity in political rhetoric and free up pragmatic democratic practices, the book proposes a robust neo-Madisonian view of free speech, where political actors and their surrogates are not only free to speak and write, but are also obligated to explain, retract, and revise what they have said and written.

Works about John Dewey, 1886-2012

Author : Barbara Levine
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809333120
Total Pages : 1168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Works about John Dewey, 1886-2012 written by Barbara Levine and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Works of John Dewey, 1886–2012 is an invaluable and meticulously compiled resource for the growing number of scholars and researchers seeking a deeper understanding of the work of the prominent American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. Dewey (1859–1952), an influential philosopher credited with the founding of pragmatism and also recognized as a pioneer in functional psychology and the progressive moment in education, was hailed by Life magazine in 1990 as one of the one hundred most important Americans of the twentieth century. This rich and continually expanding compendium of historical and more recent essays, research, and references is a testament to the growing interest in Dewey’s intellectual work and his measurable impact in the United States and throughout the world. In Works of John Dewey, 1886–2012, some four thousand new entries are presented in ebook format, in addition to those from earlier print and electronic editions dating back to 1995. Copies of most of the works have been obtained and are stored at the Center for Dewey Studies. For the first time, users can access all items from all editions in one user-friendly format. Jump links to alphabetical sections facilitate movement through the vast collection of entries. Users can search by keyword and author.

Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1951-1960

Author : American Philosophical Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1951-1960 written by American Philosophical Association and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Philosophical Association (APA) was founded in 1900 topromote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encouragecreative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate theprofessional work and teaching of philosophers, and to representphilosophy as a discipline. Having grown from a few hundred membersto over 10,000, the American Philosophical Association is one of thelargest philosophical societies in the world and the only Americanphilosophical society not devoted to a particular school or philosophicalapproach. In 1999, in anticipation of its centennial, the APA authorisedphilosopher Richard T Hull to begin collecting and publishing thepresidential addresses delivered over the course of the twentiethcentury.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147423576X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism written by Sami Pihlström and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today. Focusing on issues in 12 different subject areas, this up-to-date companion covers current research in aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory. Supported by an introduction to research methods and problems, as well as a guide to past and future directions in the field, the chapters are also enhanced by a glossary, research guide and an annotated bibliography. For anyone working in contemporary pragmatism or modern American philosophy more generally, this companion provides a practical means of navigating what can sometimes feel like a disparate field. Showing where important work continues to be done, the tensions that exist, and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking, The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism expands our understanding of the role of pragmatism in 21st century philosophy.

Brother West

Author : Cornel West
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458730026
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Brother West written by Cornel West and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America's most provocative and admired public intellectuals. Whether in the classroom, the streets, the prisons, or the church, Dr. West's penetrating brilliance has been a bright beacon shining through the darkness for decades. Yet, as he points out in this new memoir, I've never taken ...

Theism and Public Policy

Author : A. Pinn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137465301
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Theism and Public Policy written by A. Pinn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does theism dominant the language and practices of public life in the United States? This volume explores this question from a humanist perspective, and in so doing it provides insight into the relationship of religion to public policy, and offers ways to advance a more democratic and secular public arena.

A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy

Author : Robert B. Talisse
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135196400
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy written by Robert B. Talisse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Robert B. Talisse advances a series of pragmatic arguments against Deweyan democracy. Drawing upon the epistemology of the founder of pragmatism, Charles S. Peirce, Talisse develops a conception of democracy that is anti-Deweyan but nonetheless pragmatist. The result is a new pragmatist option in democratic theory.

The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441114947
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism written by Sami Pihlström and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism offers the definitive guide to a key area of contemporary philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by pragmatism - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Twelve specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in contemporary pragmatism or modern American philosophy more generally.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350324019
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism written by Sami Pihlström and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today. Focusing on issues in different subject areas, this up-to-date handbook covers current research in aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory. Supported by an introduction to research methods and problems, as well as a guide to past and future directions in the field, chapters are enhanced by a 'how to use' guide and glossary. Now expanded, this edition includes new chapters on pragmatism and various global and regional philosophical traditions, as well as feminism and environmental philosophy. Showing where important work continues to be done, the tensions that exist, and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism advances our understanding of the role of pragmatism in 21st century philosophy.

Scientific Values and Civic Virtues

Author : Noretta Koertge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195172256
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Values and Civic Virtues written by Noretta Koertge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors - who include philosophers, political scientists, feminist theorists, physicists & engineers - argue that science can broadly inspire the civic virtues of an educated & tolerant global enterprise dedicated to the common good.

The Pragmatism Reader

Author : Robert B. Talisse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838681
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Pragmatism Reader written by Robert B. Talisse and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging anthology of key pragmatist writings The Pragmatism Reader is the essential anthology of this important philosophical movement. Each selection featured here is a key writing by a leading pragmatist thinker, and represents a distinctively pragmatist approach to a core philosophical problem. The collection includes work by pragmatism's founders, Charles Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, as well as seminal writings by mid-twentieth-century pragmatists such as Sidney Hook, C. I. Lewis, Nelson Goodman, Rudolf Carnap, Wilfrid Sellars, and W.V.O. Quine. This reader also includes the most important work in contemporary pragmatism by philosophers like Susan Haack, Cornel West, Hilary Putnam, Richard Rorty, Cheryl Misak, and Robert Brandom. Each selection is a stand-alone piece—not an excerpt or book chapter—and each is presented fully unabridged. The Pragmatism Reader challenges the notion that pragmatism fell into a midcentury decline and was dormant until the advent of "neopragmatism" in the 1980s. This comprehensive anthology reveals a rich and highly influential tradition running unbroken through twentieth-century philosophy and continuing today. It shows how American pragmatist philosophers have contributed to leading philosophical debates about truth, meaning, knowledge, experience, belief, existence, justification, and freedom. Covers pragmatist philosophy from its origins to today Features key writings by the leading pragmatist thinkers Demonstrates the continuity and enduring influence of pragmatism Challenges prevailing notions about pragmatism Includes only stand-alone pieces, completely unabridged Reflects the full range of pragmatist themes, arguments, concerns, and commitments

Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?

Author : Neil Gross
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674074513
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? written by Neil Gross and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some observers see American academia as a bastion of leftist groupthink that indoctrinates students and silences conservative voices. Others see a protected enclave that naturally produces free-thinking, progressive intellectuals. Both views are self-serving, says Neil Gross, but neither is correct. Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? explains how academic liberalism became a self-reproducing phenomenon, and why Americans on both the left and right should take notice. Academia employs a higher percentage of liberals than nearly any other profession. But the usual explanations—hiring bias against conservatives, correlations of liberal ideology with high intelligence—do not hold up to scrutiny. Drawing on a range of original research, statistics, and interviews, Gross argues that “political typing” plays an overlooked role in shaping academic liberalism. For historical reasons, the professoriate developed a reputation for liberal politics early in the twentieth century. As this perception spread, it exerted a self-selecting influence on bright young liberals, while deterring equally promising conservatives. Most professors’ political views formed well before they stepped behind the lectern for the first time. Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? shows how studying the political sympathies of professors and their critics can shed light not only on academic life but on American politics, where the modern conservative movement was built in no small part around opposition to the “liberal elite” in higher education. This divide between academic liberals and nonacademic conservatives makes accord on issues as diverse as climate change, immigration, and foreign policy more difficult.