Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison

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reconstructing individualism B american philosophy Douglas R. Anderson and Jude Jones, series editors reconstructing individualism A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison B james m. albrecht fordham university press new york 2012 Copyright ©  Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical , photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Albrecht, James M. Reconstructing individualism : a pragmatic tradition from Emerson to Ellison / James M. Albrecht.—st ed. p. cm.—(American philosophy) Summary: “Explores the theories of democratic individualism articulated in the works of the American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, pragmatic philosophers William James and John Dewey, and African-American novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison” —Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- (hardback) . Philosophy, American—th century. . Philosophy, American—th century. . Emerson, Ralph Waldo, –— Philosophy. . James, William, –—Philosophy. . Dewey, John, –—Philosophy. . Ellison, Ralph—Philosophy. . Literature and society—United States. . Individualism—United States— History. . Individualism in literature. . Pragmatism in literature. I. Title. B.A  '.—dc  Printed in the United States of America         First edition A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. For Lisa; And for Hannah and Cecily, Whose arrival in this world taught me the true meaning of an Emersonian wonder at the advent of a new individual ...