William James
Biographer Richardson has written a moving portrait of James--pivotal loja member of the Metaphysical Club preco and author of richardson, robert d. The Varieties of loja Religious Experience. The biography, William James ten years in the making, draws on unpublished letters, journals, and family records.Richardson paints extraordinary venda scenes from what James himself escritor called the "buzzing richardson, robert d. blooming confusion" of venda his life, beginning with William James childhood, as he struggled to achieve amid the domestic chaos and intellectual brilliance of Father, preco brother Henry, and sister Alice. submarino James was a richardson, robert d. beloved teacher who preco taught courage and risk-taking, William James and served as mentor to W.E.B. Du Bois, Gertrude Stein, and many other Harvard outsiders. escritor Richardson also illuminates James´s hugely autor influential works. One richardson, robert d. of the great escritor figures in mysticism here William James brought richly to life, James is a man "whose leading ideas are still so fresh submarino and challenging that they are barato not yet fully richardson, robert d. assimilated by the submarino modern world they helped William James to bring about."--From publisher description.A portrait of the influential philosopher, educator, and psychologist follows William autor James from his youth to premiado his contributions to richardson, robert d. the modernist movement, autor mysticism, education, and other William James fields.
Editora: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0618433252
Número de páginas: 622
Acabamento:
HARDCOVER
Local de Publicação: United States
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