The Power of Pragmatism: Knowledge Production and Social Inquiry

Author:   Jane Wills ,  Robert Lake ,  Malcolm Cutchin ,  Crispian Fuller
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526134943


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 May 2020
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Author:   Jane Wills ,  Robert Lake ,  Malcolm Cutchin ,  Crispian Fuller
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781526134943


ISBN 10:   1526134942
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 May 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Part I: The power of pragmatism 1 Introduction: The power of pragmatism – Jane Wills and Robert W. Lake Part II: Key thinkers, core ideas and their application to social research 2 Habits of social inquiry and reconstruction: A Deweyan vision of democracy and social research – Malcolm Cutchin 3 Appreciating the situation: Dewey’s pragmatism and its implications for the spatialisation of social science – Gary Bridge 4 Mead, subjectivity and urban politics – Crispian Fuller 5 Rorty, conversation and the power of maps – Trevor Barnes Part III: ‘Truth’, epistemic injustice and academic practice 6 Embodied inequalities: Can we go beyond epistemologies of ignorance in pragmatic knowledge projects? – Susan Saegert 7 Truth and academia in times of fake news, alternative facts, and filter bubbles: A pragmatist notion of critique as mediation – Klaus Geiselhart 8 Learning from experience: Pragmatism and politics in place – Alice Huff 9 Reflections on an experiment in pragmatic social research and knowledge production – Liam Harney and Jane Wills Part IV: Disciplinary applications in pragmatic research 10 Ecological crisis, action and pragmatic humanism – Meg Holden 11 Pragmatism, anti-representational theory and local methods for critical-creative ecological action – Owain Jones 12 Pragmatism and contemporary planning theory: Going beyond a communicative approach – Ihnji Jon 13 Exploring possibilities for a pragmatic orientation in development studies – Alireza F. Farahani and Azadeh Hadizadeh Esfahani Part V: Conclusion and postscript 14 The quest for uncertainty: Pragmatism between rationalism and sentimentality – Robert W. Lake 15 Postscript: Who’s afraid of pragmatism? – Clive Barnett -- .

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'In a world in which ideological boundaries are increasingly impermeable and cross-political debates mere shouting matches, pragmatism offers not just an escape but entry into a world of mutual respect, justice, and democracy. This book is a contribution to hope at a time when despair seems unavoidable.' Robert A. Beauregard, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University 'The Power of Pragmatism is so much more than just a model of pragmatist scholarship, old and new. It offers a timely message about how a living tradition of thought can embrace a world of uncertainty and competing truths without itself seeking guarantees. Genuinely multidisciplinary, the collection champions a political stance as much as a philosophical one: the pressing need to create shared, collective responses to the social, political and environmental challenges that confront us today.' John Allen, Professor Emeritus, Open University 'This excellent book offers a vital approach to knowledge as a collective and participatory process of experiment and action for an unstable and complex world. A diverse set of outstanding authors contributes innovative insights for a wide range of fields including geography, politics, environmental studies, economic development, urban planning and more. This impressive and hugely encouraging text convincingly shows how intelligence, conversation, and collaboration can produce useful knowledge that provides ways to cope with emerging problems and threats of change.' Peter Sunley, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Southampton -- .


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Jane Wills is Professor of Geography at the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science and the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter Robert W. Lake is Professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a member of the Graduate Faculties in Geography and Urban Planning at Rutgers University -- .

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