Values and Powers

Re-reading the Philosophical Tradition of American Pragmatism
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-420-2745-9
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 213, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Central European Value Studies

This book shows how much and in what sense values are related to powers and powers are related to values in American pragmatism. The proposed re-reading of American pragmatism will facilitate a novel understanding of it as a philosophical movement and, by showing its truly humanistic, democratic, and pro-social character, the stronger impetus for current rethinking of values is being provided.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skowronski, Krzysztof Piotr

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Values and Powers in a Philosophical Context
Part One: Proto-Pragmatic Approach to Values and Powers
A Prelude to American Pragmatism. Transcendentalism as “The Power of Thought and Will”
Charles S. Peirce’s Pragmaticism and the Revaluation of Thinking on Values and Powers
Part Two: Pragmatic Approach to Values and Powers
The Axiology of Pragmatic Metaphysics. The Powers of Men in William James
Loyalty to a Worthy Cause and Provincialism as “Saving Power” in Josiah Royce
John Dewey and the Might of Democratic Values
Democracy and Exclusion in Pragmatic Aesthetics (Dewey, Shusterman, Margolis)
Evaluative Character of Social Interactions in George Herbert Mead
Richard Rorty’s Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Cultural Imperialism
Part Three: Quasi-Pragmatic Approach to Values and Powers
Powers and Perfections in George Santayana’s Abulensean Pragmatism
Final Remarks
Bibliography
About the Author
Index