Pragmatism and Justice is an interdisciplinary volume of new and seminal essays by political philosophers, social theorists, and scholars of pragmatism which provides a comprehensive introduction and lasting resource for scholars of pragmatist thought and questions of justice.

Permissions List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: Perspectives on Pragmatism and Justice Susan Dieleman, David Rondel, and Christopher J. Voparil Part I: The Pragmatist Turn To Justice Chapter 1. Justice as a Larger Loyalty Richard Rorty Chapter 2. Abnormal Justice Nancy Fraser Chapter 3. Pragmatism's Contribution to Nonideal Theorizing: Fraser, Addams, and Rorty Christopher J. Voparil Chapter 4. Empirical Approaches to Injustice: Elizabeth Anderson and the Pragmatists Gregory Pappas Chapter 5. Ideal and Actual in Dewey's Political Theory Matthew Festenstein Chapter 6. Justice in Context Ruth Anna Putnam Chapter 7. Realism, Pragmatism, and Critical Social Epistemology Susan Dieleman Part II: Resisting Oppression and Injustice Chapter 8. Social Inequality, Power, and Politics: Intersectionality in Dialogue with American Pragmatism Patricia Hill Collins Chapter 9. Pragmatism and Dreams of Justice: Between Radical Black Philosophy and Deweyan Democracy V. Denise James Chapter 10. Contesting Injustice: Why Pragmatist Political Thought Needs Du Bois Colin Koopman Chapter 11. Pragmatism, Racial Injustice, and Epistemic Insurrection: Toward an Insurrectionist Pragmatism José Medina Chapter 12. An Aesthetics of Resistance: Deweyan Experimentalism and Epistemic Injustice Paul C. Taylor Chapter 13. Setting Aside Hope: A Pragmatist Approach to Racial Justice Shannon Sullivan Part III: Pragmatism, Liberalism, and Democracy Chapter 14. Reconsidering Deweyan Democracy Hilary Putnam Chapter 15. Dewey and the Problem of Justice Peter Manicas Chapter 16. (What) Can Pragmatists Think About Justice? Pragmatism and Liberal Egalitarianism Robert B. Talisse Chapter 17. A Pragmatist Account of Legitimacy and Authority: Holmes, Ramsey, and the Moral Force of Law Cheryl Misak Chapter 18. William James on Justice and the Sacredness of Individuality David Rondel

Pragmatism and Justice, a multi-author volume, is conceptually organized and masterfully ordered, such that it reads less like a collection of disjointed essays and more like a philosophical chain novel, where each contribution picks up where the previous one left off... I recommend it to all philosophers interested in ethics, politics, or law, and those committed to resisting contemporary social injustice... this collection would work well in an upper level course on ethics and politics or as a supplement to primary works in a course on pragmatism, and I recommend it to anyone interested in theoretical reflections on justice and those aiming to resist contemporary injustices.

"Pragmatism and Justice, a multi-author volume, is conceptually organized and masterfully ordered, such that it reads less like a collection of disjointed essays and more like a philosophical chain novel, where each contribution picks up where the previous one left off... I recommend it to all philosophers interested in ethics, politics, or law, and those committed to resisting contemporary social injustice... this collection would work well in an upper level course on ethics and politics or as a supplement to primary works in a course on pragmatism, and I recommend it to anyone interested in theoretical reflections on justice and those aiming to resist contemporary injustices." -- Seth Vannatta, Contemporary Pragmatism "This carefully assembled, well-structured, and timely collection of eighteen articles, some previously published, most not, provides a wealth of valuable insight, often from interdisciplinary perspectives, concerning how pragmatism can and should contribute to some of the central debates in modern political philosophy. ... Pragmatists should discover much that is heartening. They will encounter refreshing new takes on a myriad of pragmatist thinkers, some famous, others less familiar. And many will no doubt appreciate how the contributors have enhanced, retrieved, and brought to life the radical thrust of pragmatist thought." -- Alan Malachowski, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Selling point: New essays by prominent scholars, including Matthew Festenstein, José Medina, Cheryl Misak, Shannon Sullivan, Robert Talisse, Paul Taylor Selling point: Brings together seminal essays from Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Ruth Anna Putnam, and Nancy Fraser Selling point: First volume explicitly and solely dedicated to pragmatism and topics of justice

Susan Dieleman is Assistant Professor (with term) in the department of philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. She specializes in Social and Political Philosophy, Pragmatism, and Feminist Philosophy. She has published essays in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, The Pluralist, Social Philosophy Today, and Social Epistemology. David Rondel is Assistant Professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Nevada, Reno. His areas of research specialization include egalitarianism, theories of distributive justice, Marx and Marxism, and American pragmatist political theory. He has published widely in these areas. His essays have appeared, among other places, in The Journal of Philosophical Research, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Contemporary Pragmatism. Christopher Voparil is on the Graduate Faculty of Union Institute & University, where he teaches philosophy and political theory. He is author of Richard Rorty: Politics and Vision (2006) and co-editor of The Rorty Reader (2010). He has been a Fulbright Scholar and is founding President of the Richard Rorty Society.

Selling point: New essays by prominent scholars, including Matthew Festenstein, José Medina, Cheryl Misak, Shannon Sullivan, Robert Talisse, Paul Taylor Selling point: Brings together seminal essays from Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Ruth Anna Putnam, and Nancy Fraser Selling point: First volume explicitly and solely dedicated to pragmatism and topics of justice