Community Denied

by James Hoopes

Did modern American social thought take a wrong turn when it followed John Dewey and William James? In this searching history of early twentieth-century political theory, James Hoopes suggests that, contrary to conventional wisdom, these pragmatic philosophers did not provide the basis for a socially-minded political theory. Dewey and James did not provide intellectual safeguards against the amoral acceptance of realpolitik and managerial elitism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435005
• ISBN13: 9780801435003
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"