Understanding James, Understanding Modernism, Evans, H. 9781501347207 New<-

Understanding James, Understanding ModernismAuthor(s): David H. Evans\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781501347207, 978-1501347207\nSynopsis\nPsychologist, philosopher, teacher, writerWilliam James stood closer than any other thinker to the center of the confluence of intellectual and artistic forces that defined the culture of modernism. The outstanding feature of this volume lies in its intent to investigate Jamess influence on both American and International Modernism. It provides, on the one hand, a multifaceted introduction to students of history, philosophy, and culture, and on the other, a compendium of some of the most up-to-date thinking on this central figure.\n\nJamess first book, Principles of Psychology [tel] immediately established James as the leading psychologist of his time, at a moment in history when psychology seemed to offer the promise of finding some definitive answers to eternal .