Emerson and Self-Culture

Emerson and Self-Culture is a 2008 book by John Lysaker, in which the author tries to provide an account of the notion of self-culture in Ralph Waldo Emerson's work.[1][2]

Emerson and Self-Culture
AuthorJohn Lysaker
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRalph Waldo Emerson's thought
Published2008
PublisherIndiana University Press
Media typePrint
Pages226
ISBN9780253219718

Reception edit

The book was reviewed by Corey McCall (Elmira College), Russell Goodman (University of New Mexico), Marcus B. Schulzke (SUNY Albany), and Heikki A. Kovalainen (University of Helsinki).[3][4][5] McCall describes the book as a provocation to think along with Emerson and calls it a success.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Refreshing Self-Reliance by Samuel Hamilton". NANO: New American Notes Online.
  2. ^ Kovalainen, Heikki A. (2012). "Emersonian Self-Culture and Individual Growth". Theories of Bildung and Growth: Connections and Controversies Between Continental Educational Thinking and American Pragmatism. SensePublishers: 183–197. doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-031-6_12.
  3. ^ Kovalainen, Heikki A. (2008). "Emerson and Self-Culture (review)". Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy. 44 (3): 534–541. ISSN 1558-9587.
  4. ^ Goodman, Russell (2008). "Emerson and Self-Culture (review)". The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 22 (4): 308–310. doi:10.1353/jsp.0.0050. ISSN 1527-9383.
  5. ^ Schulzke, Marcus B. (7 September 2009). "John T. Lysaker, Emerson and Self-Culture (Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008), ISBN: 978-0253219718". Foucault Studies (7): 185–188. doi:10.22439/fs.v0i7.2650. ISSN 1832-5203.
  6. ^ McCall, Corey (17 November 2008). "Review of Emerson and Self-Culture". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.

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