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Title: The Primal Roots of American Philosophy: Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and Native American Thought by Bruce W. Wilshire ISBN: 0-271-02025-3 Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Summary: Wilshire really gets at a new vision in this book!
Comment: Bruce Wilshire continues on a fearless path beyond traditional philosophical abstractions and what passes for "common sense" in our culture in order to open up new vistas on reality and the renewal of the spirit. This book takes the reader step by step into a deepening sense of how energies of the cosmos flow through our knowing bodies towards a new vision of existence that resonates with what Wilshire calls "primal philosophy," the mythic, and modern physics. Along the way, the reader is treated with a rereading of American philosophy, especially the work of William James, John Dewey and Charles Pierce, that uncovers the radical energies in their writing and a connection with the philosophical wisdom of Native American tribal groups, other indigenous peoples and the power of the natural landscape. The reader will learn about aspects of American philosophy that are not usually covered, such as Dewey's poetry, Pierce's struggle with his profession or James' inner demons in a way that reveals new dimensions of their thought. Wilshire's book also makes us reconsider the restrictive role of education and of professionals, such as medical practitioners, scientific researchers and philosophy professors in casting our sense of who we are and can be. As his vision develops throughout the book with his repeated consideration of Black Elk's pivotal cure, the reader finds himself or herself in the midst of energy flows and depths of archetypal significance that can liberate us from addictions and our despair over aging, losses, and the death of those we love. Some figures who have been under-appreciated, such as William Earnest Hocking or Henry Bugbee, as well as those who have perhaps been over-appreciated, such as Richard Rorty, are seen in a new light. Other writers, who have been taken to be central to American Letters, Thoreau and Emerson, but who have not been properly appreciated for their philosophical depth are articulated by Wilshire as our key philosophical thinkers. Two major accomplishments of this book are to embody the sense of spirit and to place American philosophy in a different context. Spirit becomes a fleshly phenomenon of the entire Earth communicated among its members in rhythm and song. Wilshire is particularly adept at considering the body-self, as he calls it, in its visceral and passionate engagement. Surprises abound, once American philosophy is no longer seen as a poor relative of European philosophy, but is the unique voice of the power of the Earth and of indigenous peoples coming together with these newer peoples who came to settle this continent. American feminism can be seen in its inspiration from matrilineal Native American traditions, and the shaman is the figure to call us home to kinship with the Earth and its creatures, not the solitary reflective thinker. Philosophy returns to awe and resonance. The books ends with an amazing essay about the spiritual significance of the death of the author's gifted daughter and the energies that may persist beyond this ultimate boundary. We follow Wilshire into an unfathomable depth and find physics and Earth-centered spirituality agreed on welcoming the Unlocatable and the Unsayable.
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Title: Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy by Scott L. Pratt ISBN: 0253215196 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The American Indian Mind in a Linear World: American Indian Studies and Traditional Knowledge by Donald Lee Fixico ISBN: 0415944570 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: I Become Part of It: Sacred Dimensions in Native American Life by D. M. Dooling, Paul Jordan-Smith ISBN: 0930407075 Publisher: Parabola Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Native American Worldviews: An Introduction by Jerry H. Gill ISBN: 1591020514 Publisher: Humanity Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 0060976241 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 14 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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