@article{1468404,
      recid = {1468404},
      author = {Gilmore, Richard Allen,},
      title = {Emerson as philosopher : postmodernism and beyond /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book considers the role of postmodernism (skepticism  towards metanarratives and anti-essentialism) in Ralph  Waldo Emerson's philosophy by putting it in conversation  with key 20th and 21st century thinkers such as Beauvoir,  Coates, Derrida, Paz, Rorty, and Zizek. Postmodern Emerson  shows how Emersonian skepticism to metanarratives such as  sexism, racism, Beauvoiran "serious values," and others,  can help us face some of society's gravest contemporary  social and philosophical challenges. Methodologically, the  book exemplifies Emersonian postmodernism by defying  traditional philosophical metanarratives about the  difference between high and low culture or serious and  ridiculous subjects, and Emerson with what would seem to be  his opposite. This is itself a postmodern gesture, breaking  rules of genre and topic to make unlikely but interesting  connections. Above all, this book proves that in this time  of social division and widespread despair, Emerson can  help.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1468404},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32546-5},
}