1988 saw the publication of shusterman's second book, t. s. eliot and the philosophy of criticism, and with it came a turn in his philosophical focus as well. influenced by the work that produced the book and personal experiences, shusterman's attention moved from analytic philosophy to pragmatism. he also began work to develop his own theory of pragmatist aesthetics; based on john dewey's aesthetics but augmented by the argumentative methods and tools of analytic philosophy.