Embodying Pragmatism is the first monograph in English devoted to Richard Shusterman, an internationally renowned philosopher and one of today¿s most innovative thinkers in pragmatism and aesthetics. The book presents a comprehensive account of Shusterman¿s principal philosophical ideas concerning pragmatism, aesthetics, and literary theory (including such themes as interpretation, aesthetic experience, popular art, and human embodiment ¿ culminating in his proposal of a new discipline called «somaesthetics»). As Shusterman¿s philosophical writings involve a dialogue with both analytic and continental traditions, this monograph not only offers a critical vision of contemporary pragmatist thought but also situates Shusterman and pragmatism within the current state of theory.