John Stuhr, Emory University

John Stuhr is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Emory University.  Concerned principally with issues in ethics, social and political philosophy, and contemporary cultures, he is the author or editor of ten books, including Genealogical Pragmatism: Philosophy, Experience, and Community; Pragmatism, Postmodernism and the Future of Philosophy; and 100 Years of Pragmatism: William James's Revolutionary Philosophy. He is the general editor of the American Philosophy series (Indiana), co-editor (with Charles Scott) of the American and European Philosophy series (Penn State), co-editor (with Vincent Colapietro) of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, and Director of the American Philosophies Forum. He has just finished a new book, tentatively titled Democracy, Pluralism, Relativism, the Absurd, and is pursuing projects on forgiveness and on cosmopolitanism and place.