A01=Ryan J. Johnson
american philosophy
Author_Ryan J. Johnson
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democracy
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georg wilhelm friedrich hegel
henry c. brokmeyer
horace williams
john william miller
pragmatism
southern hegelianism
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- ISBN 9781538195222
- Weight: 649g
- Dimensions: 160 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 03 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Three American Hegels explores Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s influence on three seminal, yet overlooked, philosophers: Henry C. Brokmeyer, Horace Williams, and John William Miller. Each of them was, in his own way, both an apprentice of Hegel and a true American original: Brokmeyer, the backwoods translator of Hegel; Williams, the mentor of Southern Hegelianism; Williams, the Hegelian teacher of democracy. Until now, their influence on the one school of philosophy that is distinctly grounded in the U.S. experience—pragmatism—has been overlooked, along with the intellectual history of how their contributions developed. Such neglect has resulted in an underestimation of the role that the theories of Hegel played in the development of American philosophy. To unearth these formative yet forgotten works and influences, Johnson explores their respective untapped archives and unearths a three-generation story of a Hegel that is thoroughly practical, concrete, and alive.
Ryan J. Johnson is associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Elon University. He specializes in twentieth-century continental philosophy; critical philosophy of race; Spinoza, Hegel, and Nietzsche; and Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
