The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce, Volume II: Logic, Loyalty, and Community

Now back in print, and in paperback, these two classicvolumes illustrate the scope and quality of Royce'sthought, providing the most comprehensive selection ofhis writings currently available. They offer a detailedpresentation of the viable relationship Royce forgedbetween the local experience of community and thedemands of a philosophical and scientific vision ofthe human situation.The selections reprinted here are basic to any understandingof Royce's thought and its pressing relevanceto contemporary cultural, moral, and religious issues.

JOHN J. MCDERMOTT is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. His otheressays have been collected in: The Culture of Experience: Philosophical Essays in the American Grain and Streams of Experience: Reflections on the History and Philosophy of American Culture. He is also the editor of The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce, reissued by Fordham in 2005.