Reparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatism

dc.contributor.authorSheehey, Bonnie
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-19T18:51:10Z
dc.date.available2022-10-19T18:51:10Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.descriptionThis 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.abstractThis 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.citationBonnie Sheehey (2022) Reparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatism, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 30:5, 818-836, DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2022.2032589en_US
dc.identifier.issn0960-8788
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/17285
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dc.rightscc-by-ncen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectwilliam jamesen_US
dc.subjectagencyen_US
dc.subjecthopeen_US
dc.subjectcommitmenten_US
dc.subjectpragmatismen_US
dc.titleReparative agency and commitment in William James’ pragmatismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage20en_US
mus.citation.issue5en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleBritish Journal for the History of Philosophyen_US
mus.citation.volume30en_US
mus.identifier.doi10.1080/09608788.2022.2032589en_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Letters & Scienceen_US
mus.relation.departmentHistory, Philosophy & Religious Studies.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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