Native pragmatism : rethinking the roots of American philosophy / Scott L. Pratt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem of origins -- American pragmatism -- The colonial attitude -- American progress -- The indigenous attitude -- Welcoming the cannibals -- The logic of place -- "This very ground" -- Science and sovereignty -- The logic of home -- Feminism and pragmatism.

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Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally, it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the 'American wilderness'. A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy.

English.

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