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Individualism and Its Discontents
Charles E. Mitchell
其他書名
Appropriations of Emerson, 1880-1950
出版
University of Massachusetts Press
, 1997
主題
History / United States / General
History / United States / 20th Century
Literary Criticism / American / General
Philosophy / General
Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
Philosophy / Movements / Pragmatism
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
1558490736
9781558490734
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mpNaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This book explores the intertwined history of Emerson and individualism. Charles E. Mitchell begins by examining those who regarded Emersonian individualism with ambivalence or hostility, focusing on the comments of such diverse figures as Henry James, Sr., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Van Wyck Brooks, and H. L. Mencken. He then offers an alternative view as reflected in the work of William James, John Dewey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and William Carlos Williams. Each of these figures embraced Emerson's claim for the sanctity of the individual and wove it into a social vision that sought to reconcile the paradox at the heart of American life: a simultaneous devotion to the community and the individual, tradition and innovation, order and freedom.