Robert B Westbrook: 3 books
Democratic Hope
Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Pragmatism, as Richard Rorty has said, "names the chief glory of our country's intellectual tradition." In Democratic Hope, Robert B. Westbrook examines the varieties of classical pragmatist thought in the work of John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, testing in good pragmatic fashion the...
by Robert B. Westbrook
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Over a career spanning American history from the 1880s to the 1950s, John Dewey sought not only to forge a persuasive argument for his conviction that "democracy is freedom" but also to realize his democratic ideals through political activism. Widely considered modern America's most important philosopher,...
Why We Fought
Forging American Obligations in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Why We Fought is a timely and provocative analysis that examines why Americans really chose to sacrifice and commit themselves to World War II. Unlike other depictions of the patriotic “greatest generation,” Westbrook argues that, strictly speaking, Americans in World War II were not instructed...