The Power of Pragmatism : Knowledge Production and Social Inquiry

Front Matter -- Cover -- Half-title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures And Table -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I : The Power Of Pragmatism -- Introduction: The Power Of Pragmatism -- Part Ii : Key Thinkers, Core Ideas And Their Application To Social Research -- Habits Of Social Inquiry And Reconstruction: A Deweyan Vision Of Democracy And Social Research -- Appreciating The Situation: Dewey's Pragmatism And Its Implications For The Spatialisation Of Social Science -- Mead, Subjectivity And Urban Politics -- Rorty, Conversation And The Power Of Maps Part Iii : 'truth', Epistemic Injustice And Academic Practice -- Embodied Ignorances: A Pragmatist Responds To Epistemic And Other Kinds Of Frictions In The Academy -- Truth And Academia In Times Of Fake News, Alternative Facts And Filter Bubbles: A Pragmatist Notion Of Critique As Mediation -- Learning From Experience: Pragmatism And Politics In Place -- Reflections On An Experiment In Pragmatic Social Research And Knowledge Production -- Part Iv : Disciplinary Applications In Pragmatic Research -- Ecological Crisis, Action And Pragmatic Humanism Pragmatism, Anti-representational Theory And Local Methods For Critical-creative Ecological Action -- Pragmatism And Contemporary Planning Theory: Going Beyond A Communicative Approach -- Exploring Possibilities For A Pragmatic Orientation In Development Studies -- Part V : Conclusion And Postscript -- The Quest For Uncertainty: Pragmatism Between Rationalism And Sentimentality -- Who's Afraid Of Pragmatism? -- Index Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.