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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
0739114999
ISBN-13
9780739114995
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69716988
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
140 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Richard Rorty : Pragmatism and Political Liberalism
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Movements / Pragmatism, Individual Philosophers, History & Theory, Political, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
7.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This work makes a refreshing change to have somebody argue that I'm not really all that confused, insouciant, and sophistical. Bacon's patient replies to dozens of my critics represent an enormous amount of work. I am grateful to him for having taken the time and trouble to produce a sustained and carefully argued defense of my line of thought., Bacon presents a spirited defense of Rorty's positions, while being sensitive to its possible weaknesses....Recommended., "Bacon presents a spirited defense of Rorty's positions, while being sensitive to its possible weaknesses....Recommended." -- Choice Reviews "This work makes a refreshing change to have somebody argue that I'm not really all that confused, insouciant, and sophistical. Bacon's patient replies to dozens of my critics represent an enormous amount of work. I am grateful to him for having taken the time and trouble to produce a sustained and carefully argued defense of my line of thought." --Richard Rorty
Dewey Decimal
191
Table Of Content
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Pragmatism as Anti-representationalism Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Pragmatism and Imagination Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Public Side of Pragmatism Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Liberal Ironist Chapter 6 Conclusion
Synopsis
Richard Rorty is both the most prominent and the most provocative recent exponent of pragmatism. This book offers a sympathetic reconstruction of Rorty's account of pragmatism, in which the aspiration to underwrite inquiry by reference to standards outside of any particular community is given up in favor of a view of inquiry as answerable exclusively to the norms implicit within contingent human practices. Rorty hopes that pragmatism so conceived can help effect a transition towards what he calls an "anti-authoritarian" society, a society in which responsibility is owed solely to one's fellow citizens. The book examines the relationship between pragmatism and political liberalism, a form of liberalism which sets aside discussion of truth and value and seeks instead to derive a constitutional settlement in which citizens can freely pursue their individual projects and purposes. It presents a critical assessment of Rorty's ideal of a liberal utopia, inhabited by strong poets and liberal ironists. By focusing on the relationship between the philosophical and political, the book argues that Rorty provides a compelling statement of pragmatism, containing insights that command the attention of contemporary liberal philosophers. Through textual analysis and reconstruction, it argues that while Rorty's account needs to be amended at several points, it remains a powerful and attractive one, and not the incoherent and pernicious folly that critics often take it to be. Well researched, lively, and succinct, Richard Rorty: Pragmatism and Political Liberalism is ideally suited to specialists and graduate students in philosophy and political theory., Michael Bacon gives a critical presentation of Rorty's writings on pragmatism and political theory, comparing and contrasting him with pragmatists such as Hilary Putnam and Susan Haack and liberals such as John Rawls and Brian Barry. The result is an imaginative presentation of one of contemporary philosophy's most innovative and important thinkers., Richard Rorty is both the most prominent and the most provocative recent exponent of pragmatism. This book offers a sympathetic reconstruction of Rorty's account of pragmatism, in which the aspiration to underwrite inquiry by reference to standards outside of any particular community is given up in favor of a view of inquiry as answerable exclusively to the norms implicit within contingent human practices. Rorty hopes that pragmatism so conceived can help effect a transition towards what he calls an 'anti-authoritarian' society, a society in which responsibility is owed solely to one's fellow citizens. The book examines the relationship between pragmatism and political liberalism, a form of liberalism which sets aside discussion of truth and value and seeks instead to derive a constitutional settlement in which citizens can freely pursue their individual projects and purposes. It presents a critical assessment of Rorty's ideal of a liberal utopia, inhabited by strong poets and liberal ironists. By focusing on the relationship between the philosophical and political, the book argues that Rorty provides a compelling statement of pragmatism, containing insights that command the attention of contemporary liberal philosophers. Through textual analysis and reconstruction, it argues that while Rorty's account needs to be amended at several points, it remains a powerful and attractive one, and not the incoherent and pernicious folly that critics often take it to be. Well researched, lively, and succinct, Richard Rorty: Pragmatism and Political Liberalism is ideally suited to specialists and graduate students in philosophy and political theory.
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