Reparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatism
dc.contributor.author | Sheehey, Bonnie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-19T18:51:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-19T18:51:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-02 | |
dc.description | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal for the History of Philosophy on 2022-02-24, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09608788.2022.2032589. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper highlights a central feature of William James’ pragmatism to challenge the conflicting charges that his political and ethical thought amounts to either a Hamlet-like impotence or a Promethean-like sovereignty. I argue that James develops an account of reparative agency and commitment which figures in his philosophy of hope as a response to the problematics of action. Reparative agency concerns the possibility of acting in the midst of constraints that frustrate or otherwise inhibit action. Conceptualizing agency in this way entails a reevaluation of the status of commitment in James’ thought and the possibility of a more collective practice of hope. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bonnie Sheehey (2022) Reparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatism, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 30:5, 818-836, DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2022.2032589 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0960-8788 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/17285 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Informa UK Limited | en_US |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | william james | en_US |
dc.subject | agency | en_US |
dc.subject | hope | en_US |
dc.subject | commitment | en_US |
dc.subject | pragmatism | en_US |
dc.title | Reparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatism | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
mus.citation.extentfirstpage | 1 | en_US |
mus.citation.extentlastpage | 20 | en_US |
mus.citation.issue | 5 | en_US |
mus.citation.journaltitle | British Journal for the History of Philosophy | en_US |
mus.citation.volume | 30 | en_US |
mus.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09608788.2022.2032589 | en_US |
mus.relation.college | College of Letters & Science | en_US |
mus.relation.department | History, Philosophy & Religious Studies. | en_US |
mus.relation.university | Montana State University - Bozeman | en_US |