Pragmatism, Politics, and Perversity: Democracy and the American Party Battle

by Joseph L. Esposito

A philosophical yet detailed history of the American party battle explaining why partisan debate is so perverse and how it could be made less so. Building upon the heritage of American pragmatism, from Peirce to Rorty and the new pragmatists, as well as the work of historian Charles Beard, the book identifies that battle as a struggle between nation state and market state, with special emphasis on the perversity of Civil War politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739173634
• ISBN13: 9780739173633
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher