for about the last three years i have been reading, and in the case of G H Mead William James, revisiting, the work of the pragmatists and other secondary texts including the lovely book 'The Metaphysical Club'. ( http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/divphil/menandl.htm )

Roberto Unger a brazilian legal theorist who teaches at Harvard has recently published a new volume 'The Self Awakened'; the text of which is available as a word document at the link below. The subtitle is 'Pragmatism Unbound'.

i am used to reading Mead Dewey and James with mouth agape, as i re/discover their genius and thoughts; i often marvel that such insights have lain fallow for me for so many years, or been only dimly lit in the work of lesser thinkers. with Mr Unger i must confess to a breathless devouring of his pages; no air flows through the struck mouth. i am unsure about what he writes, it may take a few more passes till i get it and check it, but i have seldom read such masterful prose and grasp. very interested to hear of any one else's views of this man and his work.

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http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/unger/english/docs/selfawake_sele.doc