Equally, we might say that they are more humane and wide-ranging thinkers when their minds are amply stocked with Rorty's subtle thoughts. We should be grateful for the editors of this anthology for giving us so many. This careful selection from his writings, along with Christopher Voparil's excellent introduction, explains why.
It charts Rorty's many philosophical twists and turns and it illuminates the intellectual and political commitments that provide his thinking with a deep continuity. By bringing together a wide variety of Richard Rorty's controversial and yet inspiring writings, Bernstein and Voparil provide an excellent introduction to this important thinker.
The addition, their own insightful introductory chapter, makes the collection essential reading for everyone who wants to gain a better understanding of not just the significance of Rorty's philosophical contribution, but that of modern thought in general.
Gathering together key essays from over four decades of writings, the volume offers an in-depth introduction to the philosopher's life and prolific body of work.
Topics addressed include the continuities and transformations that span Rorty's early training in the history of philosophy, his engagement with the analytic tradition, and the publication that brought him international renown.
Particular attention is devoted to his later political writings, including his turn to literature as the vehicle of moral reflection most suitable to democratic life, and his embrace of philosophy as cultural politics. With selections from The Linguistic Turn , Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature , Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity , Achieving Our Country , and his four volumes of philosophical papers, including Philosophy as Cultural Politics , as well as in-depth interviews and revealing autobiographical pieces, The Rorty Reader offers a compelling and representative view of Rorty's relationship with American pragmatism and the overall intellectual trajectory of his philosophical and political thought.
Christopher J. Richard J. His most recent book is The Pragmatic Turn Polity, Eze Emmanuel C. Author : Emmanuel C. Achieving Our Humanity explores a postracial future through a philosophical analysis of the social, cultural, economic and political experiences of race in the past and what this might mean for our present and, most importantly, our future. Green Judith M. Author : Judith M. Green maps a contemporary form of citizenship that emphasizes participation and cooperation and reclaims the critical role of social movements and nongovernmental organizations.
Starting with empowering processes of storytelling, truth and reconciliation, and collaborative vision-questing that allow individuals to give voice and new meaning to their loss, anxiety, and hope, Green frames cooperative inquiries to guide transformative actions. From this "second strand" of the democratic experience, leaders and participating citizens can help to shape a more desirable democratic future.
Drawing insights from Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, William James, John Dewey, Jane Adams, and other earlier thinkers, Green frames a pragmatist understanding of emerging realities and possibilities, growing wells of shared truths, multifaceted histories, and mutually transformative experiences of citizenship.
Employing examples from America's complex history and from recent world events, Green locates four sites for effective citizen activism: government at all levels, nonprofit organizations, issue-focused campaigns and social movements, and daily urban living. Green shows how citizens can revive social hope and deepen the democratic experience by drawing on their own knowledge and developing their capabilities through inclusive civic participation.
Without doubt, Richard Rorty is one of the most honored, famous and disputed philosophers of our days. All over the world interest in his inspiring and provoking thoughts goes beyond the circles of academic philosophy.
The present volume includes "The Brain as Hardware, Culture as Software" and "Philosophy-Envy" of Richard Rorty, essays presented by students of the philosophy department at university of Mnster, and Rorty's responses to and comments on them.
Rorty's lecture was publicly presented at the 8. Mnstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie in May , followed by students' presentations of their intensively prepared papers. I have never, in any university, encountered students who combined such detailed knowledge of my writings with such penetrating criticisms of my views.
He completed his B. He has been professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia and professor at Princeton.
Hard to swallow? It probably is for Rorty too. He has made his career in philosophy from denying the plausibility of objectivity, arguing that truth depends on what is effective rather than vice versa. He is trying to write an effective history, but its truth depends on whether his audience buys it.
Bernstein By Chris Voparil. Richard M. Demeterio III. Richard Rorty - Achieving Our Country. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des Achieving Our World.
Referring to Richard Rorty's "Achieving Our Country" in his title, yet rejecting Rorty's focus as both ethnocentric and too limited, Dallmayr presents a philosophical and political examination of the alternatives to globalization. Search results for: achieving-our-country. Author : Richard Rorty File Size : The Rorty Reader Christopher J. Voparil — in Philosophy. Author : Christopher J. Voparil File Size : Achieving Our Humanity Emmanuel C. Eze — in Philosophy. Author : Emmanuel C.
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