A Pragmatist's Progress? - Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History

In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Pragmatism: An Old Name for Some New Ways of Thinking? Chapter 3 Rorty, Radicalism, and Romanticism: The Politics of Gaze Chapter 4 Private Life and Public Commitment: From Walter Rauschenbusch to Richard Rorty Chapter 5 Lives of Irony: Randolph Bourne, Richard Rorty, and a New Genealogy of Critical Pragmatism Chapter 6 Is It Pragmatism? Rorty and the American Tradition Chapter 7 Is the Revival of Pragmatism Practical? Chapter 8 Narrative Politics: Richard Rorty at the "End of Reform" Chapter 9 Afterword: Intellectual Historians and Pragmatist Philosophy

Info autore

Casey Nelson Blake is Mendelson Family Professor of American Studies at Columbia University.

Riassunto

In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: John Pettegrew (Editore), Rorty Richard (Postfazione)
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.06.2000
• EAN: 9780847690619
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9061-9
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 417 g
• Serie: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; USA, History of Ideas, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc