Introduction -- The new pragmatists -- Paradox and pragmatism -- Pragmatism and tradition -- Violence and despair -- Love
Summary
We are caught between tendencies toward moral paralysis and postures of violence, with their intellectual birthing grounds reflected even among those who consciously seek to avoid them. Reinhold Niebuhr's paradoxical conception of the self, and his defense of traditional Christian convictions in this light, opens the door to a deeper understanding of the problem as well as its potential solution