The Influence of Pragmatism in the Essays of Randolph Bourne
Description:
This study traces the influence of the American philosophy of pragmatism in the writing of the Progressive Era intellectual Randolph Bourne (1886-1918),. In courses with John Dewey at Columbia University and through the books of William James, pragmatism became a major intellectual factor in Bourne's social and cultural criticism. The philosophy remained so to the end of his brief career. From pragmatism, Bourne learned a method of challenging a restrictive status quo. In his essays, Bourne sou…
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Date:
May 1993
Creator:
Brown, Byron D. (Byron Delano)
Partner:
UNT Libraries