On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of William James,
Robert Richardson, author of the magisterial William James: In the
Maelstrom of American Modernism, assembles a wide-ranging selection
of essays and writings that reveal the evolution of James's thought
over time, especially as it was continually being shaped by the
converging influences of psychology, philosophy, and religion
throughout his life. Proceeding chronologically, the volume begins
with "What Is an Emotion," James's early, notable, and still
controversial argument that many of our emotions follow from
(rather than cause) physical or physiological reactions. The book
concludes with "The Moral Equivalent of War," one of the greatest
anti-war pieces ever written, perhaps even more relevant now than
when it was first published. In between, in essays on "The Dilemma
of Determinism," "The Hidden Self," "Habit," and "The Will"; in
chapters from The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of
Religious Experience; and in such pieces as "On a Certain Blindness
in Human Beings," "What Makes a Life Significant," and
"Philosophical Conceptions and Practical Results," we witness the
evolution of James's philosophical thinking, his pragmatism, and
his radical empiricism. Throughout, Richardson's deeply informed
introductions place James's work in its proper biographical,
historical, and philosophical context. In essay after essay, James
calls us to live a fuller, richer, better life, to seek out and use
our best energies and sympathies. As every day is the day of
creation and judgment, so every age was once the new age-and as
this book makes abundantly clear, William James's writings are
still the gateway to many a new world.
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