Peirce's Pragmaticism: A Radical Perspective

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Peirce's Pragmatism: A Radical Perspective situates Charles Sanders Peirces thought within his semiotic theory and its potential for application in cultural studies and the critique of ideologies. E. San Juan Jr. contextualizes pragmaticism historically and examines Peirces discourses on semiotics, ethics, and aesthetics and suggests their analogies with the radical critiques of Marx and other progressive trends. This book may be read as a provocation and a challenge for everyone to heed Peirces own maxim to inquire seriously into the effect of ideas on transforming the conduct of life by changing habits, traditional beliefs, purposes.

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Peirce's Pragmaticism: A Radical Perspective is a truly groundbreaking work on Peirce. It reviews the many-sided pragmatism originally proposed by Peirce, lucidly distinguishing it from the versions of Dewey, Rorty, and others, and, more important, it resituates it within a more radical, postmodern framework. Sonny San Juan places Peirces thought in a historical context, drawing parallels with other progressive trends, in particular critical ideas of Marx, West, feminist critics, and others. This is an important engagement with whats current in the intellectual exchanges among international participants.

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E. San Juan, Jr. is emeritus professor of English & comparative literature at the University of Connecticut.