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

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0847690628 ISBN 13 : 9780847690626

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2000

Synopsis

In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rortys influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Rortys reclaiming of the pragmatist tradition and his contribution to the discipline of intellectual history are highlighted; at the same time, each essay finds Rortys pragmatism (most fully enunciated in Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity) lacking in its privatist vision of the good life. This criticism is drawn out through explicit comparisons between Rorty and his grandfather Walter Rauschenbusch, William James, John Dewey, Randolph Bourne, Richard J. Bernstein, and other twentieth century pragmatist thinkers. This volume offers the most complete historical treatment of this controversial intellectual to date.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Pettegrew is assistant professor of history at Lehigh University. He is currently completing a book entitled Brutes in Suits: The Pathological Origins of American Masculinity, 1890-1920.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0847690628
• ISBN 13: 9780847690626
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Pettegrew John
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• Personne responsable: non disponible