Table of Contents

Introduction 1. A New Universality: Pragmatic Symbols of World Peace in Drawing and Dance. 2. Josiah Royce’s Values of Interpretation and Community: Poetry, Cybernetics, and Folk Songs 3. Art and Soul: James and Scheler on Pragmatic Aesthetics. 4. The Icon Moves: Diversity through Pragmatic/Religious Aesthetics of the Euromaidan. 5. Dewey and Kahlo: Cosmopolitanism Midst Crisis. 6. Jane Addams’ Trajectory of Creative Memory Contra to Intersectional Violence. 7. Science and Art Moon-lit by Values: Relativity of Epi-Genetics, Film, and Cultural Democracy. Conclusion: Poiesis in Public: Creativity and Value-Making

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Explores the relationships between the thought and experiences of major American philosophers and figures from the arts and science with whom they were associated.

About the Author

Rebecca Farinas is an Instructor in Philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans, USA.

Reviews

This work provides an original, creative, insightful, and extensive study of the intersection of philosophy, art, and politics in the period of classical American philosophy, including Charles Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, John Dewey, Alain Locke, and Jane Addams.
*Kenneth W. Stikkers, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA*