| Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: Transnational Mayan Identities Contributor(s): Colapietro, Vincent (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826514332 ISBN-13: 9780826514332 Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: John William Miller's radical revision of the idealistic tradition anticipated some of the most important developments in contemporary thought. In this study, Vincent Colapietro situates Miller's powerful but neglected corpus not only in reference to Continental European philosophy but also to paradigmatic figures in American culture like Lincoln, Emerson, Thoreau, and James. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 191 |
| LCCN: 2002153469 |
| Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.08" W x 8.94" (1.19 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
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| Publisher Description: John William Miller's radical revision of the idealistic tradition anticipated some of the most important developments in contemporary thought, developments often associated with thinkers like Heidegger, Benjamin, Foucault, Derrida, and Rorty. In this study, Vincent Colapietro situates Miller's powerful but neglected corpus not only in reference to Continental European philosophy but also to paradigmatic figures in American culture like Lincoln, Emerson, Thoreau, and James. The book is not simply a study of a particular philosopher or a single philosophical movement (American idealism). It is rather a philosophical confrontation with a cluster of issues in contemporary life. These issues revolve around such topics as the grounds and nature of authority, the scope and forms of agency, and the fateful significance of historical place. These issues become especially acute given Colapietro's insistence that the only warrant for our practices is to be found in these historically evolved and evolving practices themselves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Colapietro, Vincent: - Vincent Colapietro is professor of philosophy at Pennsylvania State University and incoming president of the Metaphysical Society of America. He is author of Glossary of Semiotics and Peirce's Approach to the Self and editor of three other books. |