Pragmatic Fashions: Pluralism, Democracy, Relativism, and the Absurd

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: John J. Stuhr
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/10/2015
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780253018847

About the Author

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 James's Revolutionary Philosophy (IUP, 2010).