Pragmatism, postmodernism, and the future of philosophy

In this energetic and wide ranging book, John Stuhr draws persuasively on the strengths of both American and continental philosophical traditions to engage pressing issues of public policy, university administration and the current state of philosophy. The real aim of this book, however, is to examine how philosophy can best help us think and live better lives.
Contents: Thinking beyond the 20th century - democracy and education after liberalism; the defects of liberalism - lasting elements of negative pragmatism; democracy as a way of life - democracy in the face of terrorism; relevances, realities, rat races - democracy as a personal way of life; from the art of surfaces to control societies and beyond - stoicism, postmodernism and pan-machinism; from consciousness of doom to criticism - non-dialectical critical theory; genealogy, critique and transformation - in our time; power/inquiry - criticism and the logic of pragmatism; pragmatism, pluralism and the future of philosophy - farewell to an idea; no consolation - life without spirituality, philosophy without transcendence.