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Richard Rorty : prophet and poet of the new pragmatism

Title
Richard Rorty : prophet and poet of the new pragmatism / by David L. Hall.
Author
Hall, David L.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.

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Description
xii, 290 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in philosophy
Uniform Title
SUNY series in philosophy
Subject
  • Rorty, Richard
  • Rorty, Richard
  • Rorty, Richard 1931-2007
  • Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007
  • 1900-1999
  • Pragmatism > History > 20th century
  • Pragmatism
  • Pragmatismus
  • Pragmatisme
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-276) and indexes.
Contents
  • Pretext: Through the Looking Class -- 1. Holding One's Time In Thought. Rorty's Grand Narrative. The Legitimacy Question. Strands of Modernity. The Need For Narratives. Is This Historicism? -- 2. An Old Name for Some New Ways of Thinking. The Aesthetic Axis of American Philosophy. From Experience to Language. Keeping Pragmatism Pure. Pragmatism and Politics. Heroes (and Villains) of the New Pragmatism -- 3. Irony's Master, Irony's Slave. A Strong Misreading of Irony. Irony on the Offensive. Philosophy without irony: Jurgen Habermas. Irony and the Liberal Conscience: Michel Foucault. Der Fall des Heideggers -- 4. Excursus Ad Hominem. Lonely Provincialism. Sincere Ethnocentrism. Pale Heroics. A Bashful Prophet. A Diffident Poet -- 5. Circumvention and Circumlocution.
  • Rorty's Methodophobia. Ars Contextualis. Around and About Derrida. The Search for Private Perfection -- Epitext: Guide for Those Still Perplexed.
ISBN
  • 0791417719
  • 9780791417713
  • 0791417727
  • 9780791417720
LCCN
93018515
OCLC
  • ocm27684772
  • 27684772
  • SCSB-9478196
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library