Democratic Temperament: The Legacy of William James

by Joshua I. Miller

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century psychologist and pragmatist philosopher William James is rarely considered a political theorist. Renowned as the author of The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience, James is often viewed as a radical individualist with no interest in politics; yet he was a critic of imperialism and absolutism and an advocate of tolerance, and his writing includes a penetrating analysis of political psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631666
• ISBN13: 9780700631667
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"