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Young William James Thinking (Hardcover)
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Young William James Thinking (Hardcover)
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During a period of vocational indecision and deep depression, young
William James embarked on a circuitous journey, trying out natural
history field work, completing medical school, and studying ancient
cultures before teaching physiological psychology on his way to
becoming a philosopher. A century after his death, Young William
James Thinking examines the private thoughts James detailed in his
personal correspondence, archival notes, and his first publications
to create a compelling portrait of his growth as both man and
thinker. By going to the sources, Paul J. Croce's cultural
biography challenges the conventional contrast commentators have
drawn between James's youthful troubles and his mature
achievements. Inverting James's reputation for inconsistency, Croce
shows how he integrated his interests and his struggles into
sophisticated thought. His ambivalence became the motivating core
of his philosophizing, the heart of his enduring legacy. Readers
can follow James in science classes and in personal "speculations,"
studying medicine and exploring both mainstream and sectarian
practices, in museums reflecting on the fate of humanity since
ancient times, in love and with heart broken, and in periodic
crises of confidence that sometimes even spurred thoughts of
suicide. A case study in coming of age, this book follows the
famous American philosopher's vocational work and avocational
interests, his education and his frustrations-young James between
childhood and fame. Anecdotes placed in the contexts of his choices
shed new light on the core commitments within his enormous
contributions to psychology, philosophy, and religious studies.
James's hard-won insights, starting with his mediation of science
and religion, led to his appreciation of body and mind in relation.
Ultimately, Young William James Thinking reveals how James provided
a humane vision well suited to our pluralist age.
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