Introduction

3-8

The Emersonian prehistory of American pragmatism

9-41

The historic emergence of American pragmatism

42-68

The coming-of-age of American pragmatism

John Dewey

69-111

The dilemma of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual

112-181

The decline and resurgence of American pragmatism

W. V. Quine and Richard Rorty

182-210

Prophetic pragmatism

cultural criticism and political engagement

211-239