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The Laboratory of Friendship: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Making of American Philosophy

The Laboratory of Friendship: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Making of American Philosophy

Schery, Allen

Paperback

PhilosophyForeign Language GeneralGeneral Psychology

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1968950168
ISBN13: 9781968950163
Publisher: Brooklyn Bridge Books
Published: Jan 10 2026
Pages: 438
Weight: 1.16
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Discover the untold story of America's most transformative intellectual partnership-a friendship that became a laboratory for ethical courage, ecological insight, and democratic dissent.

In The Laboratory of Friendship: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Making of American Philosophy, Allen Schery reconstructs Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau's relationship as a dynamic collaboration where visionary ideas met empirical rigor. Drawing on extensive archival research, Schery reveals how these thinkers tested, refined, and grounded their work in Concord's woods, waterways, and lecture halls-producing not only Walden and Civil Disobedience but an entire methodology for pairing moral courage with disciplined attention to nature.

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