Müller Richard Rorty: A Short Introduction

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-658-38838-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 53 Seiten

Reihe: essentials

The essential offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. At the same time, it provides a brief introduction to the main features of Richard Rorty's neopragmatism. The author proposes to read it as a fragile balance of pragmatism and romanticism by which Rorty seeks to change our self-image. Moreover, he elucidates this transformative ambition through a sketch of "continence, irony, and solidarity" and the utopian figure of the liberal ironist. The essential concludes with a reference to Rorty's hitherto unrecognized ethico-political motivation and with a methodological suggestion for further reading of his texts: One must apply the pragmatist method to himself.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Müller, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents short:

Introduction: Reading Rorty's work as a balance of pragmatism and romanticism.- Revolutionary language-game pragmatism after the linguistic turn.- The strong romantic dimension of Rorty's neopragmatism.- The liberal utopia of a combination of public pragmatism and private romanticism in contingency, irony and solidarity.- Final consideration: Democratic anti-authoritarianism - Rorty's ethico-political motivation.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Martin Müller is a flight captain and lecturer in philosophy at the Munich Volkshochschule. A long-time Rorty interpreter, he is currently on the board of the Richard Rorty Society.