| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to JAH online. About 170 words from this article are provided below; about 418 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the Organization of American Historians, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a member of the Organization of American Historians, you can:: • Join the OAH and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the Journal of American History.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two-hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of American History (86.1-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the Journal of American History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy. By Scott L. Pratt. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. xx, 316 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-253-34078-0. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-253-21519-6.)

Native American culture and American pragmatism have traditionally been treated in different genres of history: one as anthropologically informed social history, and the other as intellectual history and philosophy. The University of Oregon philosophy professor Scott L. Pratt's book is a major corrective to that conventional wisdom. His book is a history of the indigenous American antecedents of major ideas in classical pragmatism.

In both traditions, specific social location is important for establishing meaning in life. Pratt argues that four "common commitments" of pragmatism, "the principles of interaction, pluralism, community, and growth," have their roots in Native American life (pp. 19–20). While he admits that "pragmatism is, in important ways, a product of European philosophy," his purpose is to point out the more novel thesis that "it is also a product of an indigenous philosophy" (p. xi).

. . .

There are about 418 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.