Sovereignty of the Living Individual
Emerson and James on Politics and Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3570299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Bush (0000-0003-2819-5412), Stephen S Bush (Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 164 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel8090164 |
| OpenAlex | W2745827362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
William James and Ralph Waldo Emerson are both committed individualists. However, in what do their individualisms consist and to what degree do they resemble each other? This essay demonstrates that James's individualism is strikingly similar to Emerson's. By taking James's own understanding of Emerson's philosophy as a touchstone, I argue that both see individualism to consist principally in self-reliance, receptivity, and vocation. Putting these two figures' understandings of individualism in comparison illuminates under-appreciated aspects of each figure, for example, the political implications of their individualism, the way that their religious individuality is politically engaged, and the importance of exemplarity to the politics and ethics of both of them
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
Essays in radical empiricism
Talks to teachers on psychology--and to students on some of life's ideals.
Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism
Mysticism and Experience
Awakening to Race
Reconstructing Individualism
Points of Comparison between Emerson and William James
The Virtue of Emerson's Imitation of Christ
The Transformation of Genius into Practical Power
One Moment in the World's Salvation
Democratic Temperament
Religion against Domination
Emerson and the James Family
William James and Emerson
William James-Warts and All
Varieties of Religion Today
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |