{"product_id":"damn-great-empires-william-james-and-the-politics-of-pragmatism-paperback-1","title":"Damn Great Empires!: William James and the Politics of Pragmatism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Livingston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDamn Great Empires! \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a new perspective on the works of William James by placing his encounter with American imperialism at the center of his philosophical vision. This book reconstructs James's overlooked political thought by treating his anti-imperialist \u003cem\u003eNachlass\u003c\/em\u003e -- his speeches, essays, notes, and correspondence on the United States' annexation of the Philippines -- as the key to unlocking the political significance of his celebrated writings on psychology, religion, and philosophy. It shows how James located a craving for authority at the heart of empire as a way of life, a craving he diagnosed and unsettled through his insistence on a modern world without ultimate foundations. Livingston explores the persistence of political questions in James's major works, from his writings on the self in \u003cem\u003eThe Principles of Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e to the method of Pragmatism, the study of faith and conversion in\u003cem\u003e The Varieties of Religious Experience\u003c\/em\u003e, and the metaphysical inquiries in \u003cem\u003eA Pluralistic Universe\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the conventional view of James as a thinker who remained silent on questions of politics, this book places him in dialogue with a transatlantic critique of modernity, as well as with champions and critics of American imperialism, from Theodore Roosevelt to W. E. B. Du Bois, in order to excavate James's anarchistic political vision. Bringing the history of political thought into conversation with contemporary debates in political theory, \u003cem\u003eDamn Great Empires! \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a fresh and original reexamination of the political consequences of pragmatism as a public philosophy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Livingston\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42035293978704,"sku":"9780190237165","price":80.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/wlPT0bTvT59780190237165_928c6a60-7a01-4336-8839-eeec074dec39.webp?v=1771838079","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/damn-great-empires-william-james-and-the-politics-of-pragmatism-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}