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020 _a9780253215196
082 _a144.3
_bPRA
100 _aPratt, Scott L.
245 _aNative pragmatism : rethinking the roots of American philosophy
260 _aBloomington
_bIndiana University Press
_c2002
300 _axviii,316p.
505 _aContents: Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi The problem of origins 1 American pragmatism 17 The colonial attitude 39 American progress 56 The indigenous attitude 78 Welcoming the cannibals 107 The logic of place 133 "This very ground" 163 Science and sovereignty 189 The logic of home 216 Feminism and pragmatism 244 Conclusion : the legacy of native American thought 272 References 291 Index 305
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890 _aUSA
891 _aFA
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999 _c57943
_d57943
650 _aUnited States
_aPhilosophy, American
_aPragmatism
_aIndian philosophy
_aNorth America