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<p>Rising concerns among scholars about the intellectual and cultural foundations of democracy have led to a revival of interest in the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism. In this book, Hans Joas shows how pragmatism can link divergent intellectual efforts to understand the social contexts of human knowledge, individual freedom, and democratic culture.</p> <p>Along with pragmatism's impact on American sociology and social research from 1895 to the 1940s, Joas traces its reception by French and German traditions during this century. He explores the influences of pragmatism—often misunderstood—on Emile Durkheim's sociology of knowledge, and on German thought, with particularly enlightening references to its appropriation by Nazism and its rejection by neo-Marxism. He also explores new currents of social theory in the work of Habermas, Castoriadis, Giddens, and Alexander, fashioning a bridge between Continental thought, American philosophy, and contemporary sociology; he shows how the misapprehension and neglect of pragmatism has led to systematic deficiencies in contemporary social theory.</p> <p>From this skillful historical and theoretical analysis, Joas creates a power

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Author

Joas, Hans , 1948-

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226400419

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Social_sciences

Rating

4.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14