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Pragmatism, feminism, and democracy : rethinking the politics of American history
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Pragmatism, feminism, and democracy : rethinking the politics of American history

Author: James Livingston
Publisher: New York : Routledge, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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At the turn of the century, new intellectual and cultural currents came together to reorient society. By drawing new connections between these developments, Livingston recasts discussion of the  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James Livingston
ISBN: 0415930294 9780415930291 0415930308 9780415930307 9780203901359 0203901355
OCLC Number: 45655148
Description: xi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Attitudes Toward History --
Pt. 1. Pragmatism, Feminism, and the Politics of Historiography. 1. Modern Subjectivity and Consumer Culture: The Revenge of the New Woman. 2. Fighting the "War of Position": The Politics of Pragmatism. 3. The Strange Career of the "Social Self" 4. Narrative Politics: Richard Rorty at the "End of Reform" --
Pt. 2. Escaping the "Economy of Heaven": William James at the Edges of Our Differences. 5. Hamlet, James, and the Woman Question. 6. Unstiffening Our Theories: Pragmatism, Feminism, and the End(s) of Capitalism. Afterword: No Exit.
Responsibility: James Livingston.
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