Alexander Livingston is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is the author of Damn Great Empires! William James and the Politics of Pragmatism.
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Alexander Livingston is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is the author of Damn Great Empires! William James and the Politics of Pragmatism.
Judith Butler’s ‘The Force of Nonviolence’ advocates for pacifism but neglects much of the tradition’s philosophy and feminist theory.
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