From cultural figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Wendell Berry to philosophers such as Jane Addams and William James, this collection explores the usefulness of theoretical work in American philosophy and pragmatism to resilience practices in ecology, community, rurality, and psychology.

Contents

Introduction: Resilience as a Philosophical Concept

Kelly A. Parker

Part I. Pragmatist Conceptions of Resilience

1. Resilience as Wisdom: A Metaphysical Groundwork

Paul Benjamin Cherlin

2. Integrating Facts and Values in Explanations of Social-Ecological Resilience

Zachary Piso

3. Catastrophe and the Beloved Community: Resources for Resilience in Josiah Royce and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kelly A. Parker and Daniel J. Brunson

4. Frugality and Resilience: A Pragmatist Meditation

William M. Throop

5. Resilience Thinking and the Moral Imagination

Raymond J. Davidson Jr.

6. ‘What Anything Is for’: Resilience-as-Pragmatism in Aldo Leopold’s ‘Living Democracy’ and Vandana Shiva’s ‘Earth Democracy’

John Hausdoerffer

Part II. Developing Capacities for Resilience

7. Toward a Resilient Localism

Jessica Hejny

8. Humanities as a Source of Resilience in Jane Addams’s Community Activism

Judy D. Whipps

9. Pedagogies for Resilience: Intergroup Dialogue, Design Thinking, and the Integral Approach

Danielle Lake

10. Habits of Resilience: Positive Psychology and the Philosophy of William James

Heather E. Keith and Kenneth D. Keith

Part III. Practical Applications and Case Studies

11. Resilience as a Systems Concept, with an Application to the American West

Paul B. Thompson and Jared L. Talley

12. Justice and Agrarianism in Resilient Food Systems

Tatiana Abatemarco

13. Crafting Rural Resilience

Joanna Wozniak-Brown