The Pragmatist Philosophy of the Modern Bourgeoisie

Prairie Fire Publishing is excited to present this lesser-known title emanating from the period of revolutionary China. Chen Yuan-hui examines the thought and positions of the leading thinkers of that particularly American philosophy known as Pragmatism -- John Dewey, William James, and Charles Sanders Peirce. He shows how this philosophy is uniquely suited to the bourgeoisie of the imperialist countries in their efforts to forestall the revolutionary upsurge of the masses, and that pragmatism's ideas about truth, god, science, politics, morality etc. are based on an absolute relativism that promotes as "true" that which is deemed "most useful." Chen Yuan-hui subjects all the main pragmatist philosophical premises to the most ruthless examination and scientific critique from the proletarian class standpoint, demonstrating the superiority and continuing relevance of the philosophy of dialectical materialism.

978-1-300-12712-3