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Title: The Chicago School of Pragmatism (History of American Thought) by John R. Shook, Frank X. Ryan ISBN: 1-85506-830-3 Publisher: Thoemmes Pr Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $395.00

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Summary: A Unique and Valuable Compendium of Diverse Pragmatists
Comment: Pragmatist William James' 1904 exclamation that "Chicago has a School of Thought!" exhibiting "real thought and a real school" was exactly right. Now, nearly a century later, we have a real compendium (137 articles) of the works central to this school. This valuable series complements several other pragmatist-centered series Shook has pulled together (among them, "Chicago Functionalists," "Early Critics of Pragmatism" and "Early Defenders of Pragmatism"). Taken together, these series offer scholars an exceptionally convenient historical resource. They are part of Thoemmes Press's ambitious History of American Thought project, which aims to bring together elusive or out-of-print titles. The historical breadth of Thoemmes' project is laudable for it extends beyond works by the pragmatists to examinations of the St. Louis Hegelians, as well as early American receptions of Darwin, Hume, and the German idealists, to name just a few.

There is little to criticize in this well-chosen and well-introduced series. This series is highly recommended. The books themselves are well-made and designed for long use. Footnotes (rather than endnotes) are a welcome convenience. Good-to-superb introductions and an intelligent choice of articles invite readers to witness a vibrant and multifaceted period in the evolution of several disciplines. Dewey scholars will benefit especially by many articles chronicling his examination by (and debate with) realists and idealists, as well as the way in which his views were interpreted and applied by his colleagues and students. Throughout the four volumes, the exchanges are vigorous, ideologies are varied, and the activism is unapologetic. Such a collection is available nowhere else.