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A Stroll With William James

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University of CHICAGO Press, Oct 1, 2002 - Philosophy - 344 pages
With this book, Jacques Barzun pays what he describes as an "intellectual debt" to William James—psychologist, philosopher, and, for Barzun, guide and mentor. Commenting on James's life, thought, and legacy, Barzun leaves us with a wise and civilized distillation of the great thinker's work.

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I sought this book out because I find James' philosophy to be unexpectedly subtle and I hoped that Barzun might help to simplify it for me. My hopes were largely met. Barzun emphasizes James' radical ... Read full review

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User Review  - Brad - Goodreads

I'm half-way through this book. Barzun is one of the best writers I've had the privelege of reading. He makes James' ideas clear and extremely understandable. I highly recommend this book! Read full review

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A Stroll with William James
In A Stroll with William James, Jacques Barzun is minutely attentive to the character of James's genius and the masterworks he created. ...
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JSTOR: A Stroll with William James
A Stroll with William James. By Jacques Barzun. (New York: Har- per & Row. 1983. Pp. 344. $19.95.) Writing about William James's classic work on The ...
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A PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO EXPERIENCE? - New York Times
A STROLL WITH WILLIAM JAMES, By Jacques Barzun. 344 pp. New York: Harper & Row. $19.95. AMERICA never had - and may never enjoy again - another pair like ...
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The Polytheism of William James
In fact, I have found only one reference to James’ polytheism in the secondary literature, and that is in Jacques Barzun’s A Stroll with William James. ...
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Eugene Taylor
Barzun pointed out that James’s ideas were peppered throughout all his own works, that A Stroll with William James was a gesture pointing to the depth and ...
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Jacques Barzun: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
1983, A Stroll with William James. In this volume, Barzun delves into James's biography to discuss the founder of American psychology. ...
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK EDTH Educational Theory 0013 ...
J. Barzun, A Stroll with William James (New York: Harper and Row, 1983), 58. 25. mw Apple, Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender ...
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Syllabus Life & Work
A Stroll with William James. University of Chicago Press. Scarborough , Elizabeth & Furumoto, Laurel (1987). Untold Lives: The First Generation of American ...
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Kegan. Paul,. 1984. viii. +. 155 pp. $35.00. (cloth). BARZUN, JACQUES. A. Stroll with William James. Chicago: University of Chicago ...
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About the author (2002)

Jacques Barzun is the author of more than thirty books, including From Dawn to Decadence: Five Hundred Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and Berlioz and His Century, the latter available from the University of Chicago Press.

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TitleA Stroll With William James
AuthorJacques Barzun
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of CHICAGO Press, 2002
ISBN0226038696, 9780226038698
Length344 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers
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