Native Pragmatism : Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy
Scott L. Pratt
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Bloomington, IN : : Indiana University Press, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (337 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: The Problem of Origins; Two: American Pragmatism; Three: The Colonial Attitude; Four: American Progress; Five: The Indigenous Attitude; Six: Welcoming the Cannibals; Seven: The Logic of Place; Eight: This Very Ground""; Nine: Science and Sovereignty; Ten: The Logic of Home; Eleven: Feminism and Pragmatism; Conclusion: The Legacy of Native American Thought; References; Index. - Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the ""American wilderness."" A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy. Pragmatism has been at best only partially understood by those who focus on its Euro
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| ISBN | 0253215196. - 0253340780
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