书名: The Primal Roots of American Philosophy: Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and Native American Thought
作者: Bruce Wilshire (Author)
出版社: Pennsylvania State University Press (September 2000)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0271020253
ISBN-13: 978-0271020259
Book Description
Continuing his quest to bring American philosophy back to its roots, Bruce Wilshire connects the work of such thinkers as Thoreau, Emerson, Dewey, and James with Native American beliefs and practices. His search is not for exact parallels, but rather for fundamental affinities between the equally "organismic" thought systems of indigenous peoples and classic American philosophers.
Wilshire gives particular emphasis to the affinities between Black Elk's view of the hoop of the world and Emerson's notion of horizon, and also between a shaman's healing practices and James's ideas of pure experience, willingness to believe, and a pluralistic universe. As these connections come into focus, the book shows how European phenomenology was inspired and influenced by the classic American philosophers, whose own work reveals the inspiration and influence of indigenous thought.
Wilshire's book also reveals how artifical are the walls that separate the sciences and the humanities in academia, and that separate Continental from Anglo-American thought within the single discipline of philosophy.
About the Author
Bruce Wilshire is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern Addiction (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998).Bruce Wilshire is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern Addiction (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998).
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作者: Bruce Wilshire (Author)
出版社: Pennsylvania State University Press (September 2000)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0271020253
ISBN-13: 978-0271020259
Book Description
Continuing his quest to bring American philosophy back to its roots, Bruce Wilshire connects the work of such thinkers as Thoreau, Emerson, Dewey, and James with Native American beliefs and practices. His search is not for exact parallels, but rather for fundamental affinities between the equally "organismic" thought systems of indigenous peoples and classic American philosophers.
Wilshire gives particular emphasis to the affinities between Black Elk's view of the hoop of the world and Emerson's notion of horizon, and also between a shaman's healing practices and James's ideas of pure experience, willingness to believe, and a pluralistic universe. As these connections come into focus, the book shows how European phenomenology was inspired and influenced by the classic American philosophers, whose own work reveals the inspiration and influence of indigenous thought.
Wilshire's book also reveals how artifical are the walls that separate the sciences and the humanities in academia, and that separate Continental from Anglo-American thought within the single discipline of philosophy.
About the Author
Bruce Wilshire is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern Addiction (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998).Bruce Wilshire is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern Addiction (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998).
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