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Genuine Reality: A Life of William James
by Simon, Linda
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226758591
- ISBN 13
- 9780226758596
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 1999-05-15. Paperback. Very Good. In nice condition, clean interior, and a tight binding. High usable
Synopsis
This first full biography of William James in nearly a generation brings us the man alive in all his complexity. Intellectual rebel, romantic pragmatist, aristocratic pluralist, James was both a towering figure of the nineteenth century and a springboard into the twentieth century. Constitutionally opposed to the rigidity and stability of the nineteenth century, James guided his generation toward the ambivalence, unpredictability, and indeterminacy of the times that followed. His explorations of pluralism and pragmatism for modern psychology and recognized the possibility of multiple perspectives long before Cubism. "The word 'or'" he once wrote, "names a genuine reality." Profiting from a rich range of sources, among them 1,500 letters written between James and his wife, Alice, acclaimed biographer Linda Simon creates an intimate portrait of this multifaceted and contradictory man. Exploring James in the context of this irrepressible family, his diverse and often quirky friends, and the cultural and political forces to which he so energetically responded, Simon weaves the many threads of William James's life into a genuine, and vibrant, reality.
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- Title
- Genuine Reality: A Life of William James
- Author
- Simon, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0226758591
- ISBN 13
- 9780226758596
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999-05-15
- X weight
- 24 oz
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