The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Contributors: Paul B. Thompson (Editor); Thomas C. Hilde (Editor)
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780826513397
Subjects: Topics in philosophy; Western philosophy; Philosophy; American Philosophy; Political Philosophy; USA; Movements - Pragmatism; History & Surveys - General; Agriculture; History; Pragmatism
Description: "The essays in this volume critically analyze and revitalize agrarian philosophy by tracing its evolution in the classical American philosophy of key figures such as Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, Dewey, and Royce." "The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism will be of broad interest to scholars of American philosophy, rural history, history of ideas, geography, and agricultural or natural resource policy."--BOOK JACKET.