Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Hardcover Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought Book

ISBN: 0826513344

ISBN13: 9780826513342

Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought

(Part of the Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy Series)

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

$16.79
Save $63.16!
List Price $79.95
Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!

Book Overview

More scholarly works on the history of American philosophy have been completed in Russian than in any other language outside of our own; yet most of that body of work has not been translated or studied comprehensively. Consequently, Soviet-era efforts to understand American thought have remained almost entirely unknown to Western scholars.

In his pioneering new book Interpreting America John Ryder makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Russian views of the full range of American philosophical thought: from seventeenth-century Puritanism through the colonial and revolutionary periods, nineteenth- century idealism, pragmatism, naturalism, and other twentieth-century movements and figures. Using his own accurate translations, he clearly reconstructs a chain of core ideas, emphasizes the most essential concepts of each writer's work, and gives a multidimensional reconstruction of the arguments of each author.

By taking mainstream Soviet philosophical commentators like Baskin, Bogomolov, Karimsky, Melvil, Pokrovsky, Sidorov, and Yulina seriously and letting them speak for themselves, Ryder shows not only what Soviet philosophers and scholars thought of American philosophy (and why they were so interested in the first place) but also the nuances of the internal disagreements among Soviet thinkers about what American philosophers were saying. He also reveals a strong continuity between contemporary, post-Soviet Russian philosophy and earlier Soviet work.

Perhaps no other book has ever explored in such a systematic manner the ways in which one philosophical system has regarded another. Ryder's revealing study of how others have viewed us helps to clarify the depth, richness, and complexity of our own American philosophical heritage.

The Philosophy of Loyalty (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
The Philosophy of Loyalty (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Josiah Royce

from: $6.59

In Love With Life: Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
In Love With Life: Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John Lachs

from: $29.79

The Life and Thought of Josiah Royce: Revised and Expanded Edition
The Life and Thought of Josiah Royce: Revised and Expanded Edition
John Clendenning

from: $30.89

Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies & Interpretations (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies & Interpretations (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Robert B. Talisse

from: $12.59

The Relevance of Philosophy to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
The Relevance of Philosophy to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John Lachs

from: $25.29

Elements of Knowledge: Pragmatism, Logic, and Inquiry (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Elements of Knowledge: Pragmatism, Logic, and Inquiry (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Arthur Franklin Stewart

from: $92.48

Habits of Hope: A Pragmatic Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Habits of Hope: A Pragmatic Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Patrick Shade

from: $43.55

The Thought and Character of William James
The Thought and Character of William James
Ralph Barton Perry

from: $11.49

Rorty & Pragmatism: The Philosopher Responds to His Critics (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Rorty & Pragmatism: The Philosopher Responds to His Critics (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)

from: $8.49

Emphatics
Emphatics
Arthur Franklin Stewart, Paul Weiss

from: $11.19

Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)

from: $92.73

Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: John William Miller and the Crises of Modernity
Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: John William Miller and the Crises of Modernity
Vincent Michael Colapietro, Vincent Colapietro

from: $49.21

The Unity of William James's Thought
The Unity of William James's Thought
Wesley Cooper

from: $33.89

Thinking in the Ruins: Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Thinking in the Ruins: Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John Lachs, Michael P. Hodges

from: $72.29

Dewey's Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Dewey's Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John R. Shook

from: $49.21

Genuine Individuals and Genuine Communities
Genuine Individuals and Genuine Communities
Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley

from: $92.73

William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Phil Oliver

from: $92.73

Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Todd Lekan

from: $48.97

Intensity: An Essay in Whiteheadian Ontology (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Intensity: An Essay in Whiteheadian Ontology (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Judith A. Jones

from: $92.73

Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists
Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists
David L. Hildebrand

from: $48.97

Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law, & Evolution
Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law, & Evolution
Andrew Reynolds

from: $92.73

A William Ernest Hocking Reader: With Commentary (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
A William Ernest Hocking Reader: With Commentary (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
William Ernest Hocking, D. Micah Hester

from: $48.69

The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism
The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism

from: $93.06

Divine Beauty: The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Divine Beauty: The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Daniel A. Dombrowski

from: $114.94

Customer Reviews

0 customer rating | 0 review
There are currently no reviews. Be the first to review this work.
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured