This a conversation with Virginia based podcast host, author and political thinker Pete Davis. We discuss the philosophical tradition of Pragmatism and its history.Show NotesPete Davis (https://petedavis.org/) (https://twitter.com/PeteDDavis)Pete's work: (https://democraticalternative.org/) (https://www.currentaffairs.org/) (https://www.currentaffairs.org/podcast)William James (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James)John Dewey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey)Cornel West (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West)Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Mangabeira_Unger)Know Your Enemy episode (https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/rhetoric-of-reaction)Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612194192/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0)Richard Rorty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty)Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Glaude)Elizabeth Anderson (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eandersn/)Democracy in Black by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22292727-democracy-in-black)Ralph Nader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader)Pragmatism by William James (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/681508.Pragmatism?from_search=true)The Left Alternative by Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Left-Alternative-Roberto-Mangabeira-Unger/dp/1844673707/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=roberto+unger&qid=1571588051&s=books&sr=1-8)The Self Awakened by Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Self-Awakened-Pragmatism-Unbound/dp/0674034961/ref=pd_sbs_14_3/143-3278645-1674804?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0674034961&pd_rd_r=b6e9aefa-f5c7-45fc-a802-3bd5115686f0&pd_rd_w=GAtFy&pd_rd_wg=SFP1I&pf_rd_p=52b7592c-2dc9-4ac6-84d4-4bda6360045e&pf_rd_r=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE&psc=1&refRID=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE)The Future of American Progressivism by Cornel West, Roberto Managabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Future-American-Progressivism-Roberto-Unger/dp/0807043265/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/143-3278645-1674804?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0807043265&pd_rd_r=b6e9aefa-f5c7-45fc-a802-3bd5115686f0&pd_rd_w=GAtFy&pd_rd_wg=SFP1I&pf_rd_p=52b7592c-2dc9-4ac6-84d4-4bda6360045e&pf_rd_r=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE&psc=1&refRID=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE)Age of Fracture by Daniel T. Rodgers (https://www.amazon.com/Age-Fracture-Daniel-T-Rodgers/dp/0674064364/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=age+of+fracture&qid=1571588349&s=books&sr=1-1)