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40From Folk Psychology to Deontology: Nancy Fraser on Redistribution and RecognitionContemporary Pragmatism 2 (2): 127-144. 2005.Nancy Fraser has challenged the view that issues of identity are more central to political and social reform than attention to economic disparities. Fraser proposes a status model of recognition that treats recognition as a question of justice, rather than as a question of self-realization. In addition to appealing to the deontological, she also draws on folk paradigms and addresses them in a manner that reflects a sympathy with pragmatism. This article highlights difficulties that Fraser faces …Read more
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The Ideal of Democracy, on John Dewey and American Democracy (review)American Quarterly 44 (2). 1992.
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2W.E.B. Du Bois : double-consciousness, Jamesian sympathy, and the critical turnIn Cheryl Misak (ed.), The Oxford handbook of American philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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Creativity in George Herbert Mead (review)Texas Journal of Ideas, History, and Culture 14 (1). 1991.
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94Habermas and pragmatism (edited book)Routledge. 2002.Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important thinkers of this century. His work has been highly influential not only in philosophy, but particularly in the fields of politics, sociology and law. This is the first collection that explores the connections between his body of work and North America's biggest philosophical movement, pragmatism. Habermas and Pragmatism investigates the influences of pragmatism on Habermas' thought in a collection of stellar essays with contributions by Habermas himse…Read more
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42Articles on universality and individuality, reflective solidarityConstellations 2 (1): 94-113. 1995.
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18Philosophy, Social Theory, and the Thought of George Herbert Mead (edited book)SUNY Press. 1991.This book brings together some of the finest recent critical and expository work on Mead, written by American and European thinkers from diverse traditions. For English-speaking audiences it provides an introduction to recent European work on Mead. The essays reveal the richness of Mead’s thought, and will stimulate those who have thought about him from very specific vantage points to consider him in new ways
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1Generalized OtherIn John Lachs Robert B. Talisse (ed.), American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, . 2008.
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119Transcendence: on self-determination and cosmopolitanismStanford University Press. 2010.Don't fence me in : Rorty and Sartre -- On freedom and action : Dewey and Sartre -- A (neo) American in Paris : Bourdieu and Mead -- Mead on cosmopolitanism, sympathy, and war -- W.E.B. Du Bois : double-consciousness, Jamesian sympathy, and the cosmopolitan -- Self-concept in the new sociology of ideas : reflections on Neil Gross's Richard Rorty : the making of an American philosopher -- Eros and self-determination -- What if Hegel's master and slave were women?
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Mead on Cosmopolitanism, Sympathy, and WarIn Chad Kautzer & Eduardo Mendieta (eds.), Pragmatism, Nation, and Race: Community in the Age of Empire, Indiana University Press. pp. 89. 2009.
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155George Herbert MeadStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), American philosopher and social theorist, is often classed with William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey as one of the most significant figures in classical American pragmatism. Dewey referred to Mead as “a seminal mind of the very first order” (Dewey, 1932, xl). Yet by the middle of the twentieth-century, Mead's prestige was greatest outside of professional philosophical circles. He is considered by many to be the father of the school of Symbolic In…Read more
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19The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-DeterminationYale University Press. 1986.In this pathbreaking book Mitchell Aboulafia considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead--an American pragmatist who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol--and of Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self. Building on their work, Aboulafia provides an original analysis of consciousness and self-determination.
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56Was George Herbert Mead a Feminist?Hypatia 8 (2). 1993.George Herbert Mead was a dedicated progressive and internationalist who strove to realize his political convictions through participation in numerous civic organizations in Chicago. These convictions informed and were informed by his approach to philosophy. This article addresses the bonds between Mead's philosophy, social psychology, and his support of women's rights through an analysis of a letter he wrote to his daughter-in-law regarding her plans for a career.
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From Domination to RecognitionIn Carol Gould (ed.), Beyond Domination: New Perspectives on Women and Philosophy, . pp. 175-185. 1984.
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Sandra B. Rosenthal and Patrick L. Bourgeois, "Mead and Merleau-Ponty: Toward a Common Vision" (review)Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 28 (4): 868. 1992.
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11Habermas and Pragmatism (edited book)Routledge. 2002.There are few living thinkers who have enjoyed the eminence and reown of Jürgen Hamermas. His work has been highly influential not only in philosopy, but also in the fields of politics, sociology and law. This is the first collection dedicated to exploring the connections between his body of work ahd America's most significant philosophical movement, pragmatism. Habermas and Pragmatism considers the influence of pragmatism on Habermas's thought and the tensions between Habermasian social theory …Read more
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4Expressivism and Mead's social selfIn John R. Shook & Joseph Margolis (eds.), A Companion to Pragmatism, Blackwell. 2006.
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Social Experience and the WorldIn Lenore Langsdorf Andrew R. Smith (ed.), Classical American Pragmatism: Its Contemporary Vitality, . pp. 179-194. 1999.
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38The Philosophy of John William Miller (review)International Studies in Philosophy 25 (3): 116-117. 1993.
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Social and Political Philosophy |
19th Century Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
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