William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic

Trygve V.R. Throntveit is a Non-Resident Fellow of U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, USA.

• Introduction 1. The Ethical Origins of James's Pragmatism 2. Religion and the Refinement of James's Pragmatism 3. The Ethical Republic 4. Citizen James 5. Legacies and Prospects

“Enriched by a wealth of bibliographicaldocumentation – the author has a solid grip on James’s unpublished materialsand manuscripts, which he puts in productive dialogue with most well knownpages of his work –, the book will be both a superb introduction to James’spractical philosophy for newcomers as well as an indispensable guide for moreseasoned readers of his oeuvre.” (Sarin Marchetti, European Journal ofPragmatism and American Philosophy, Vol. 7 (2), 2015)