A01=Charles Bernstein
A01=Hank Lazer
A01=Michael Magee
abolitionism
african american culture
Author_Charles Bernstein
Author_Hank Lazer
Author_Michael Magee
black culture
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harlem renaissance
jazz
literary movement
music
philosophy
pragmatism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
spirituality
The Dial
Transcendentalism
Product details
- ISBN 9780817350840
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Apr 2004
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African-American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and any pragmatic thought that aspires toward democracy cannot ignore and must reckon with its racial roots. Magee looks at the ties between pragmatism and African-American culture as they manifest themselves in key texts and movements, such as William Carlos Williams's poetry; Ralph Ellison's discourse in Invisible Man and Juneteenth and his essays on jazz; the poetic works of Robert Creeley, Amiri Baraka, and Frank O'Hara; as well as the ""new jazz"" being forged at clubs like The Five Spot in New York. Ultimately, Magee calls into question traditional maps of pragmatist lineage and ties pragmatism to the avant-garde American tradition.
