The Cambridge Companion to Rorty

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-49657-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy

This Companion provides a systematic introductory overview of Richard Rorty's philosophy. With chapters from an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, the volume addresses virtually every aspect of Rorty's thought, from his philosophical views on truth and representation and his youthful obsession with wild orchids to his ruminations on the contemporary American Left and his prescient warning about the election of Donald Trump. Other topics covered include his various assessments of classical American pragmatism, feminism, liberalism, religion, literature, and philosophy itself. Sympathetic in some cases, in others sharply critical, the essays will provide readers with a deep and illuminating portrait of Rorty's exciting brand of neopragmatism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rondel, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Unity of Richard Rorty's Philosophy David Rondel; 1. Rorty's Metaphilosophy: A Pluralistic Corridor Colin Koopman; 2. After Metaphysics: Eliminativism and the Protreptic Dilemma Neil Gascoigne; 3. Rorty and Classical Pragmatism Christopher Voparil; 4. A Pragmatism More Ironic Than Pragmatic Barry Allen; 5. Rorty and Semantic Minimalism Simon Blackburn; 6. Returning to the Particular: Morality and the Self after Rorty Alan Malachowski; 7. Rorty's Political Philosophy Michael Bacon and Alexis Dianda; 8. Tinkering with Truth, Tinkering with Difference: Rorty and (Liberal) Feminism Susan Dieleman; 9. Rorty's Insouciant Social Thought James T. Kloppenberg; 10. Rorty and National Pride Georgia Warnke; 11. Rorty on Religion Stephen S. Bush; 12. Rorty: Reading Continental Philosophy Paul Patton; 13. Rorty's Literary Culture: Reading, Redemption, and the Heart's Invisible Furies Aine Mahon and Elizabeth O'Brien; 14. Wild Orchids Robert Westbrook.

Über Autor(innen)

Rondel, David
David Rondel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada. He is author of Pragmatist Egalitarianism (2018) and co-editor of Pragmatism and Justice (2017) and Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen (2012).