Overview
- Argues that Marxism and pragmatism are not incompatible
- Brings together literary studies, philosophy, and (American and European) intellectual history
- Demonstrates that if we seek to continue the unfinished project of establishing a genuinely postmetaphysical culture, the attempt to highlight the dialectics of Marxism and pragmatism is a good starting point
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
From Finding to Making offers the first detailed discussion of the relationship between Marxism and pragmatism. These two philosophies of praxis are not incompatible, and an analysis of their relation helps one to better understand both. Establishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, this book discusses similarities and differences between these philosophies. It is an interdisciplinary study that brings together philosophy, American and European intellectual history, and literary studies. Schulenberg’s book shows that if we seek to continue the unfinished project of establishing a genuinely postmetaphysical culture, the attempt to elucidate the dialectics of Marxism and pragmatism is a good starting point. The book offers detailed discussions of Sidney Hook, Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Fredric Jameson, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, and Jacques Rancière.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ulf Schulenberg teaches American studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. He is the author of Zwischen Realismus und Avantgarde: Drei Paradigmen für die Aporien des Entweder-Oder (2000), Lovers and Knowers: Moments of the American Cultural Left (2007), and Romanticism and Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Idea of a Poeticized Culture (2015), as well as the coeditor of Americanization-Globalization—Education (2003) and a special issue on American Rock Journalism (2017). He has published widely in the fields of literary and cultural theory, American and European intellectual history, and American studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marxism, Pragmatism, and Postmetaphysics
Book Subtitle: From Finding to Making
Authors: Ulf Schulenberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11560-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11559-3Published: 06 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11560-9Published: 15 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 244
Topics: Literary Theory, Twentieth-Century Literature, Metaphysics, Pragmatism