Introduction: The Continuing Relevance of Josiah Royce

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Continuing Relevance of Josiah Royce 1
4. Part I. Historical Explorations
5. 1. Josiah Royce: Alive and Well 15
6. 2 A Report on the Recent “Dig” into Royce’s MSS in the Harvard Archive 23
7. 3. Goodby e, Idealist Consensus; Hello, New Realism! 34
8. 4. On Four Originators of Transatlantic Phenomenology: Josiah Royce, Edmund Husserl, William Hocking, Winthrop Bell 47
9. 5. Loyalty, Friendship, and Truth: The Influence of Aristotle on the Philosophy of Josiah Royce 69
10. 6. Complex Negation, Necessity, and Logical Magic 89
11. 7. Race, Culture, and Pluralism: Royce’s Logical “Primitives” 132
12. Part II. Practical Extensions
13. 8. Individuals Ain’t Ones: Who We Are in Royce’s World 151
14. 9. Racism, Race, and Josiah Royce: Exactly What Shall We Say? 162
15. 10. Enlightened Provincialism, Open-Ended Communities, and Loyalty-Loving Individuals: Royce’s Progressive Prescription for Democratic Cultural Transformation 190
16. 11. Josiah Royce and the Redemption of American Individualism 203
17. 12. Royce’s Relevance for Intrafaith Dialogue 213
18. 13. Necessary Error: Josiah Royce, Communities of Interpretation, and Feminist Epistemology 227
19. 14. Communities in Pursuit of Community 246
20. Notes 265
21. References 303
22. Contributors 315
23. Index 321