Pragmatism and Sex
An Unfulfilled Connection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8903299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shusterman Shusterman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-1774 • E-ISSN: 1558-9587 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.57.1.01 |
| OpenAlex | W3173543358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
After considering why pragmatism should constructively treat issues of sexuality and erotic love and why it traditionally failed to, this paper examines the sexual views of classical pragmatism’s leading figures. Focusing primarily on the canonical, heterosexual, white founding fathers—Peirce, James, Dewey, and Mead, it then examines sexuality in Jane Addams and Alain Locke, whose difference of gender or race is complemented by alterity of sexual attitudes. While exposing the shortcomings of these pragmatist sexual theories, the paper conversely shows the resources that classical pragmatism has for a more constructive and fulfilling treatment of sexuality and erotic love
Connection (principal bundle · Epistemology · Pragmatism · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |