The American evasion of philosophy

a genealogy of pragmatism

Cornel West

Language, Discourse, Society | 1

Palgrave Macmillan

1989

Abstract

A study of American pragmatism, this book looks at all the different stages from the Emersonian roots, through the dilemma of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual up to the decline and resurgence of American pragmatism. It also discusses prophetic pragmatism.