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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Pratt, Scott L. Native pragmatism. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2001005662 (OCoLC)48098320 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Scott L Pratt |
ISBN: | 025310890X 9780253108906 1282062727 9781282062726 9786612062728 661206272X |
OCLC Number: | 49852311 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | The problem of origins -- American pragmatism -- The colonial attitude -- American progress -- The indigenous attitude -- Welcoming the cannibals -- The logic of place -- "This very ground" -- Science and sovereignty -- The logic of home -- Feminism and pragmatism. |
Responsibility: | Scott L. Pratt. |
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. . . [T]his is an interesting and insightful study of the origins of American pragmatism. November 2002 * Choice * Accepting the common view that pragmatism is the uniquely American philosophy, Pratt (Univ. of Oregon) maintains that much of what American philosophy is known for can be traced to its origins in the borderlands between Europe and America and its 'originality' to well-established aspects of Native American thought. At these borderlands, he discerns the emergence of an attitude of resistance to the attitudes of European colonialism. This new attitude drove commitments to interaction, pluralism, community, and growth, the core of pragmatic thought. He plumbs Native American thought for sources of these commitments; he argues for the influence of a Native Prophetic movement on Benjamin Franklin, whose ideas in turn influenced the initial formulation of pragmatism by Peirce and James. He also asserts a prominent role for Native thought in the development of the women's movement. Readers may be skeptical regarding the extent to which Native thought shaped pragmatism, and Pratt admits that his volume is not intended as a comprehensive history, but rather as an additional perspective. Read as such, this is an interesting and insightful study of the origins of American pragmatism. For general readers and upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- S. C. Pearson * Choice * Read more...

