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Pragmatism and Democracy - Studies in History, Social Theory, and Progressive Politics (Paperback)
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Pragmatism and Democracy - Studies in History, Social Theory, and Progressive Politics (Paperback)
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This volume examines the roots of pragmatist imagination and traces
the influence of American pragmatism in diverse areas of politics,
law, sociology, political science, and transitional studies. The
work explores the interfaces between the Progressive movement in
politics and American pragmatism. Shalin shows how early 20th
century progressivism influenced pragmatism's philosophical agenda
and how pragmatists helped articulate a theory of progressive
reform. The work addresses pragmatism and interactionist sociology
and illuminates the cross-fertilization between these two fields of
studies. Special emphasis is placed on the interactionists' search
for a logic of inquiry sensitive to the objective indeterminacy of
the situation. The challenge that contemporary interactionist
studies face is to illuminate the issues of power and inequality
central to the political commitments of pragmatist philosophers.
Shalin explores the vital link between democracy, civility, and
affect. His central thesis is that democracy is an embodied process
that binds affectively as well as rhetorically and that flourishes
in places where civic discourse is an end in itself, a source of
vitality and social creativity sustaining a democratic community.
The author shows why civic discourse is hobbled by the civic body
that has been misshapen by past abuses. Drawing on the studies of
the civilizing process, Shalin speculates about the emotion,
demeanor, and body language of democracy and explores from this
angle the prospects for democratic transformation in countries
struggling to shake their totalitarian past. View Table of Contents
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