Pragmatic Fashions: Pluralism, Democracy, Relativism, and the Absurd by John J.

Description: Pragmatic Fashions by John J. Stuhr Full color illustrations enhance this lyrical commitment to a new version of pragmatism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description John J. Stuhr, a leading voice in American philosophy, sets forth a view of pragmatism as a personal work of art or fashion. Stuhr develops his pragmatism by putting pluralism forward, setting aside absolutism and nihilism, opening new perspectives on democracy, and focusing on love. He creates a space for a philosophy that is liable to failure and that is experimental, pluralist, relativist, radically empirical, radically democratic, and absurd. Full color illustrations enhance this lyrical commitment to a new version of pragmatism. Author Biography John J. Stuhr is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Emory University. He is author of Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy and editor of 100 Years of Pragmatism: William Jamess Revolutionary Philosophy (IUP, 2010). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Expressivism and Pragmatism1. Chance Vistas and Sincerity in the Cosmic Labyrinth2. Philosophies as Fashions3. Does Philosophy Progress?: Criticism without Critique4. Convergence and Difference: Immanent Pluralism5. Its All Relative: Beyond Absolutism and Nihilism6. Expressions of Nature: Refashioning the Hudson River School7. Old Ideals Crumble: War and the Limits of Philosophy8. Democracy as Public Experiment: Beyond Mission Accomplished and Mission Impossible9. A Terrible Love of Hope: Toward Peace Before Death10. Absurd Pragmatism11. The Spring Collection: Intermedia Moralia; or, a Romance of Our IncoherenceNotesIndex Review "How might philosophers speak from and to experiences that are based on values and habits that are destructive for the ends they intend?Speak in ways that encourage and support constructive transformations of those obstructive ways of life?John J. Stuhr develops a head-on confrontation with many habitual types of Western philosophical thought as he wrestles with fundamental questions of language, philosophical method, communal life, and personal transformations." -Charles E. Scott, Vanderbilt University "A wide-ranging and impassioned text that argues for the ongoing relevance of pragmatism in contemporary life. John J. Stuhr reminds us that philosophy should be measured by the degree that it abandons the armchair and ventures outside of the narrow confines of the academy to inspire, motivate, and enact concrete change in oneself, others, and the wider world." -Megan Craig, author of Levinas and James: Toward a Pragmatic Phenomenology Long Description John J. Stuhr, a leading voice in American philosophy, sets forth a view of pragmatism as a personal work of art or fashion. Stuhr develops his pragmatism by putting pluralism forward, setting aside absolutism and nihilism, opening new perspectives on democracy, and focusing on love. He creates a space for a philosophy that is liable to failure and that is experimental, pluralist, relativist, radically empirical, radically democratic, and absurd. Full color illustrations enhance this lyrical commitment to a new version of pragmatism. Review Quote "How might philosophers speak from and to experiences that are based on values and habits that are destructive for the ends they intend? Speak in ways that encourage and support constructive transformations of those obstructive ways of life? John J. Stuhr develops a head-on confrontation with many habitual types of Western philosophical thought as he wrestles with fundamental questions of language, philosophical method, communal life, and personal transformations."--Charles E. Scott, Vanderbilt University "A wide-ranging and impassioned text that argues for the ongoing relevance of pragmatism in contemporary life. John J. Stuhr reminds us that philosophy should be measured by the degree that it abandons the armchair and ventures outside of the narrow confines of the academy to inspire, motivate, and enact concrete change in oneself, others, and the wider world."--Megan Craig, author of Levinas and James: Toward a Pragmatic Phenomenology Details ISBN0253018919 Author John J. Stuhr Short Title PRAGMATIC FASHIONS Language English ISBN-10 0253018919 ISBN-13 9780253018915 Media Book Format Paperback Residence PA, US DEWEY 144.3 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle Pluralism, Democracy, Relativism, and the Absurd Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-11-10 Publisher Indiana University Press Affiliation Emory University University of Oregon Emory University University of Oregon Emory University Emory University Emory University Emory University University of Oregon Emory University Emory University UK Release Date 2015-11-10 AU Release Date 2015-11-10 NZ Release Date 2015-11-10 US Release Date 2015-11-10 Pages 274 Series American Philosophy Alternative 9780253018847 Illustrations 45 Halftones, color Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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