The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand Paperback Book

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Author: Louis Menand

Narrator: Henry Leyva

Format: Abridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Highbridge

Published: Aug 2001

Genre: History - United States - 19th Century

Retail Price: $34.95

Discs: 6

Synopsis

A gifted and well-practiced writer can tell an old story and make it seem new and exciting. Louis Menand is such a writer, and his version of the story of pragmatism is the most lively and integrated yet told. Menand's incisive and remarkably relaxed exposition of philosophical ideas and his skillfully executed biographical narratives render THE METAPHYSICAL CLUB an accessible and deeply engaging account of one of the most important intellectual movements in the history of the United Statesa.It conveys much more of the intellectual history of the United States than do the many conventional books that devote one chapter to one thinker and another chapter to the next, and so on. Menand puts it all together. If you can read only one book about pragmatism and American culture, this is the book to read.

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