Author

Clancy Smith

Defense Date

6-8-2015

Graduation Date

2015

Availability

Immediate Access

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Philosophy

School

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Committee Chair

James Swindal

Committee Member

George Yancy

Committee Member

Tom Eyers

Keywords

Critical, Marcuse, Peirce, Pragmatism, Theory

Abstract

My dissertation brings together representatives from two otherwise antagonistic traditions: Charles Peirce of the pragmatists and Herbert Marcuse of the critical theorists. I demonstrate the affinities between the two philosophers with a focus on their contributions to socio-political thought in advanced industrial societies. After addressing the antagonisms between the two traditions I offer a reading that allows for a Peircean complement to Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man and a Marcusean complement to Peirce's critique of the "method of authority" in his seminal essay, "The Fixation of Belief."

Format

PDF

Language

English

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