Pragmatic Modernism traces an alternative strain of modernism influenced by pragmatist philosophy and characterized by its commitment to gradualism, continuity,

For much of our century, pragmatism has enjoyed a charmed life, holding the dominant point of view in American politics, law, education, and social thought in g

Larry A. Hickman presents John Dewey as very much at home in the busy mix of contemporary philosophy—as a thinker whose work now, more than fifty years after

Considers the work of American pragmatists and of three major literary modernists, and reveals how their work foregrounds William James's concept of transitiona

Examines the role of musical figures within 'late modernism', presenting a new understanding of the politics and aesthetics of lateness.