Pragmatist and American Philosophical Perspectives on Resilience

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Pragmatist and American Philosophical Perspectives on Resilience is written by Kelly A. Parker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1498581064 (ISBN 10) and 9781498581066 (ISBN 13).

The essays in Pragmatist and American Philosophical Perspectives on Resilience offer a survey of the ways that “resilience” is becoming a key concept for understanding our world, as well as providing deeper insight about its specific actual and proposed applications. As a concept with multiple theoretical and practical meanings, “resilience” promises considerable explanatory power. At the same time, current uses of the concept can be diverse and at times inconsistent. The American philosophical tradition provides tools uniquely suited for clarifying, extending, and applying emerging concepts in more effective and suggestive ways. This collection explores the usefulness of theoretical work in American philosophy and pragmatism to practices in ecology, community, rurality, and psychology.