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essays on American intellect and intuition
A preeminent scholar of American studies explores the American literary and philosophical traditions, and the connections between them, by investigating, first, Emerson's thought and its influence on American writing and, second, the pluralistic and radical ways in which American modernists engaged the world.
Emerson among the Presocratics -- Emerson; or, the neopyrrhonist skeptic -- Mysticism and thinking -- Hosting Sa'di -- Resisting Hegel -- Nature/Poetry -- Transgressive manners -- Nietzsche's Emerson -- Emerson's and Dewey's America -- American thinking out of bounds -- William James : ontology and imagery -- William James : ontological skepticism -- Kitaro Nishida and William James -- The necessity of the lost middle voice -- Polite disagreements : James and Bergson -- Congruences and divergences : James, Bergson, Dewey -- William James and Charles Taylor -- The new.
Includes bibliographical references and index.