{"product_id":"humanism-anti-authoritarianism-and-literary-aesthetics-ulf-schulenberg-9798765102442","title":"Humanism, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Literary Aesthetics: Pragmatist Stories of Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting pragmatist humanism as a form of anti-authoritarianism, this book sheds light on the contemporary significance of pragmatist aesthetics and the revival of humanism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis interdisciplinary study shows that a mediation between pragmatist aesthetics - which emphasizes the significance of creating, making, and inventing - and Marxist materialist aesthetics - which values form - promises interesting results and that the former can learn from the latter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn doing so, Ulf Schulenberg discusses 3 layers of the multi-layered phenomenon that is the revival of humanism: He first explains the potential of a pragmatist humanism, clarifying the contemporary significance of humanism. He then argues that pragmatist humanism is a form of anti-authoritarianism. Finally, he shows the possibility of bringing together the resurgence of humanism and a renewed interest in the work of aesthetic form by arguing that pragmatist aesthetics needs a more complex conception of form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEstablishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, \u003ci\u003eHumanism, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Literary Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e brings together literary and aesthetic theory, philosophy, and intellectual history. It discusses a broad range of authors - from Emerson, Whitman, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Dewey to Wittgenstein, Lukács, Adorno, Jameson, Latour, and Rorty - to illuminate how humanism, pragmatism, and anti-authoritarianism are interlinked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulf Schulenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765102442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Ulf Schulenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241872961791,"sku":"9798765102442","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_877cf15d-7d12-46c4-b2de-8ae94679175d.jpg?v=1772656306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humanism-anti-authoritarianism-and-literary-aesthetics-ulf-schulenberg-9798765102442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}