In Classical
American Philosophy: Poiesis in the Public Square, Rebecca Farinas takes
seven major figures from the American philosophical canon and examines their
relationship with an artistic or scientific interlocutor. It is a unique
insight into the origins of American philosophy and through case studies such
as the friendship between Alain Locke and the biologist E.E. Just and the
collaboration between Jane Addams and George Herbert Mead, Farinas provides a
new insight into these thinkers’ ideas.
Her new perspective allows her to
move beyond relational aesthetics to consider these theorists’
phenomenological, metaphysical, religious and cosmological ideas and reapply them
to the modern world. Indeed, the partnerships she examines have proved
especially valuable to newer philosophical fields like value theory, ethics,
pedagogy and semiotics. Her links between art and science also provide new
vantage points on our society’s continuing artistic endeavours and
technological advances and introduce an exciting new perspective on early
American philosophy and its ensuing movements.
By:
Rebecca L. Farinas (Loyola University New Orleans USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350203945
ISBN 10: 1350203947
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 25 August 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. A New Universality: Pragmatic Symbols of World Peace in Drawing and Dance. 2. Josiah Royce’s Values of Interpretation and Community: Poetry, Cybernetics, and Folk Songs 3. Art and Soul: James and Scheler on Pragmatic Aesthetics. 4. The Icon Moves: Diversity through Pragmatic/Religious Aesthetics of the Euromaidan. 5. Dewey and Kahlo: Cosmopolitanism Midst Crisis. 6. Jane Addams’ Trajectory of Creative Memory Contra to Intersectional Violence. 7. Science and Art Moon-lit by Values: Relativity of Epi-Genetics, Film, and Cultural Democracy. Conclusion: Poiesis in Public: Creativity and Value-Making
Rebecca Farinas is an Instructor in Philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans, USA.
Reviews for Classical American Philosophy: Poiesis in Public
This work provides an original, creative, insightful, and extensive study of the intersection of philosophy, art, and politics in the period of classical American philosophy, including Charles Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, John Dewey, Alain Locke, and Jane Addams. --Kenneth W. Stikkers, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
