While previous collections of Emerson essays have tended to be a
sort of 'stock-taking' or 'retrospective' look at Emerson
scholarship, the present collection follows a more 'prospective'
trajectory for Emerson studies based on the recent increase in
global perspectives in nearly all fields of humanistic studies. The
present collection is divided into four main sections: "Emerson,
Europe, and Beyond;" "Emerson and Science;" "Emerson Thinking;"
"and "Emerson and Activism." The first category emphasizes the
global perspective in Emerson's literary and cultural relations,
followed closely by two other "transnational" categories -
Emerson's relations in the international arenas of science and
philosophy - and concluding with the final category, which
addresses the end purpose of Emerson's project: fully realized
human beings whose actions, directly and indirectly, help to create
a society in which individuals are free to develop their capacities
fully. Transnational and global perspectives are becoming more
recognized and more commonplace in the academy and the world at
large. Evidence for such developing perspectives is not hard to
find: national and international conferences, new books, and the
increasing university courses and programs in World Literature, all
reflect a move toward viewing Emerson and literature in general
from broader, more inclusive perspectives. The first four
categories that follow - "Emerson, Europe, and Beyond" - gives us
seven perspectives on Emerson's international influence, ranging
from Stephen L. Tanner's gem-like essay on English Traits, to Steve
Adisasmito-Smith's trail-blazing Hindu scholarship, to Jan
Stievermann's explication of Emerson's vision of "an American World
Literature." In the "Emerson and Science" section, four essays
range from Michael P. Branch's examination of Emerson's early
lectures on natural science, to Branka Arsic's explorations of
science from a broad Emersonian view, to David M. Robinson's and
Laura Walls' very specific essays on Emerson's encounters with the
cutting-edge science of his mature period. In "Emerson Thinking,"
five scholars examine Emerson's broad thought, which gives evidence
of philosophical influence from all times and places through suck
topics as human subjectivity and its expression, while George J.
Stack and Mary DiMaria examine Emerson's philosophical similarities
to and disparities from the French foundational thinkers of the
Postmodern theory revolution in literary studies. Finally, in the
"Emerson and Activism" section, David S. Reynolds, Len Gougeon, and
T. Gregory Garvey examine Emersonian and Transcendental influences
on the abolition movement, and Eduardo Cadava expands activism to
include more recent "economic oppression and colonialist and racist
exclusions," which ultimately can be seen as part of a worldwide
post-colonial literary movement and an awareness of the dark side
of globalism. All of these essays to a greater or lesser degree are
concerned with influences of literature and thought that are cycled
through the individual, the culture, and the global community.
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