New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999. 1st Thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. 467 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. A touch of tanning and a little bit of soil to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight. "A tender, ironic portrait of the philosopher William James, who came at the world with energetic diffidence and forged an inspiring philosophy of pluralistic, psychological nuance." Record # 31759

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This first full biography of William James in nearly a generation brings us the man alive in all his complexity. Intellectual rebel, romantic pragmatist, aristocratic pluralist, James was both a towering figure of the nineteenth century and a springboard into the twentieth century. Constitutionally opposed to the rigidity and stability of the nineteenth century, James guided his generation toward the ambivalence, unpredictability, and indeterminacy of the times that followed. His explorations of pluralism and pragmatism for modern psychology and recognized the possibility of multiple perspectives long before Cubism. "The word 'or'" he once wrote, "names a genuine reality." Profiting from a rich range of sources, among them 1,500 letters written between James and his wife, Alice, acclaimed biographer Linda Simon creates an intimate portrait of this multifaceted and contradictory man. Exploring James in the context of this irrepressible family, his diverse and often quirky friends, and the cultural and political forces to which he so energetically responded, Simon weaves the many threads of William James's life into a genuine, and vibrant, reality.

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Bookseller: Monroe Street Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 31759
Title: Genuine Reality: A Life of William James
Author: Simon, Linda
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: None
Edition: 1st Thus
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0226758591
ISBN 13: 9780226758596
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: Biography, Philosopher, 1st Thus, , .

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