William James

Pragmatism, Social Psychology and Emotions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2397653
AutoresJack Barbalet (0000-0002-4212-7929, University of Leicester, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas337-353
Fecha de publicación2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431004044197
OpenAlexW2016041504
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas28

At the core of pragmatism is the idea of an active projection of experience into the future. William James's contribution to pragmatism included an emphasis on emotions in the apprehension of possible futures and related processes. After presenting a summary of Jamesian pragmatism, and especially the significance of emotions in it, the article notes the reception of James's writings in Europe and their influence on European intellectual developments. Max Weber, for instance, studied James closely. He treated James's approach to religion as a negative example. While Emile Durkheim rejected the individualist approach of James, he nevertheless found much of value in James's conceptualization of religious experience, including its emotional underpinnings. Discussion below explores the neglected Jamesian quality of Durkheim's account of religion. It is noted in conclusion that the more recent sociological neglect of James and the failure to appreciate his particular approach in pragmatism, coincided with the rise of Freudian psychology in the early decades of the twentieth century

Conceptualization · Epistemology · Individualism · Pragmatism · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory