Genealogical pragmatism: How history matters for foucault and Dewey

Journal of the Philosophy of History

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-561

  Koopman, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

genealogy; historiography; John Dewey; methodology; Michel Foucault; normativity; pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859221083     PISSN: 1872261X     EISSN: 18722636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187226311X599943     Document Type: Review

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