Richard Rorty: Critical Dialogues
Language: English
Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2001
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Richard Rorty is one of the most influential and provocative figures in contemporary intellectual life. He argues that many of philosophya s traditional concerns are redundant, and that the goal of inquiry should not be truth but human betterment.
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- Richard Rorty: Critical Dialogues
- Author
- Matthew Festenstein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication year
- 2001
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- Good
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 074562166X
- ISBN 13
- 9780745621661
Topics explored include anti-foundationalism; irony and commitment; justice; liberalism and utopianism; reason and aesthetics; humanism and anti-humanism; the Holocaust; the theory of international relations; social democracy and the pragmatist tradition. Each essay is followed by a reply written for this volume by Rorty. The volume also includes a substantial essay by Rorty on 'Justice as a Larger Loyalty'.
This volume is indispensable for any reader interested in Rorty's work, or in contemporary debates in social, political or ethical theory. Contributors: Molly Cochran; Daniel Conway; Matthew Festenstein; Norman Geras; John Horton; David Owen; Richard Rorty; Kate Soper; Simon Thompson.
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