Native pragmatism : rethinking the roots of American philosophy /

Native pragmatism : rethinking the roots of American philosophy /

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Author / Creator:	Pratt, Scott L., 1959-
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Pragmatism. Philosophy, American. Indian philosophy -- North America. Indian philosophy. Philosophy, American. Pragmatism. North America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11115365

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ISBN:	025310890X 9780253108906 1282062727 9781282062726 0253340780 9780253340788 0253215196 9780253215192 9786612062728 661206272X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally, it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the 'American wilderness'. A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy.
Other form:	Print version: Pratt, Scott L. Native pragmatism. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2002 0253340780

Table of Contents:

The problem of origins
American pragmatism
The colonial attitude
American progress
The indigenous attitude
Welcoming the cannibals
The logic of place
"This very ground"
Science and sovereignty
The logic of home
Feminism and pragmatism.