Deborah Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

"Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future."—William Gavin, University of Southern Maine"Skillfully places James's work in cultural and historical context, richly exploring how pragmatism functioned and continues to function as a mode of American cultural rhetoric as the U.S. struggles to understand itself in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."—Shannon Sullivan, author of Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Varieties of Pragmatism2. Genealogies of Pragmatism3. Pragmatism and the American Scene4. The Gender of Pragmatism5. Pragmatism Comes of AgeConclusion: Continuing the ArgumentNotesBibliographyIndex

Deborah Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

"Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future."—William Gavin, University of Southern Maine"Skillfully places James's work in cultural and historical context, richly exploring how pragmatism functioned and continues to function as a mode of American cultural rhetoric as the U.S. struggles to understand itself in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."—Shannon Sullivan, author of Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Varieties of Pragmatism2. Genealogies of Pragmatism3. Pragmatism and the American Scene4. The Gender of Pragmatism5. Pragmatism Comes of AgeConclusion: Continuing the ArgumentNotesBibliographyIndex