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This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism. In colloquial language, Rorty discusses the relevance and nonrelevance of philosophy to American political and public life. The collection also provides candid set of insights into Rorty's political beliefs and his commitment to the labor and union traditions in this country. Finally, the interviews reveal Rorty to be a deeply engaged social thinker and observer.
| ISBN | 0804746184 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780804746182
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Stanford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 340 | | Imprint | Stanford University Press | | Published in | Palo Alto | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Cultural Memory in the Present | | Publication date | 01 Nov 2005 | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Writer of introduction | Eduardo Mendieta | | Width (mm) | 157 | | Library of Congress | 2005013572 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY | 191 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction : "take care of freedom and truth will take care of itself" : toward a postphilosophical politics by Eduardo Mendieta | | | | 1 | | The quest for uncertainty : Richard Rorty's pilgrimage | | 1 | | 2 | | From philosophy to postphilosophy | | 18 | | 3 | | Postphilosophical politics | | 28 | | 4 | | After philosophy, democracy | | 34 | | 5 | | Toward a postmetaphysical culture | | 46 | | 6 | | There is a crisis coming | | 56 | | 7 | | Persuasion is a good thing | | 66 | | 8 | | On philosophy and politics | | 89 | | 9 | | The best can be an enemy of the better | | 104 | | 10 | | On September 11, 2001 | | 114 | | 11 | | Worlds or words apart? : the consequences of pragmatism for literary studies | | 120 | | 12 | | Biography and philosophy | | 148 | | | | Bibliography of Richard Rorty's writings | | 161 |
"Rorty is an extraordinarily important and influential philosopher, both inside and outside philosophy. His thoughtful political and social views are worth presenting in interview format . . . . Many of the interviews here are otherwise inaccessible, making this collection invaluable." --Samuel C. Wheeler III, University of Connecticut  Be the first to write a customer review
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