A Pragmatist's Progress? Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History

Pettegrew, John (ed); Afterword by Richard Rorty

ISBN 10: 0847690628 / ISBN 13: 9780847690626

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2000

About this Item

First Printing in illustrated wraps, looks new, no spine/cover creases or visible shelfwear, from collection of CSU Northridge philosophy professor Robert Garsen with his penciled underlining/marginalia scattered throughout; 8vo; (vii) 222pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Pragmatist's Progress? Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847690628
• ISBN 13: 9780847690626
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History
  • Political Science / Theory
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Rorty's reclaiming of the pragmatist tradition and his contribution to the discipline of intellectual history are highlighted; at the same time, each essay finds Rorty's pragmatism (most fully enunciated in Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity) lacking in its privatist vision of the good life. This criticism is drawn out through explicit comparisons between Rorty and his grandfather Walter Rauschenbusch, William James, John Dewey, Randolph Bourne, Richard J. Bernstein, and other twentieth century pragmatist thinkers. This volume offers the most complete historical treatment of this controversial intellectual to date.

About the Author

John Pettegrew is assistant professor of history at Lehigh University. He is currently completing a book entitled Brutes in Suits: The Pathological Origins of American Masculinity, 1890-1920.