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Title
Richard Rorty : a short introduction / by Martin Müller.
ISBN
9783658388386 (electronic bk.)
3658388382 (electronic bk.)
9783658388379 (print)
Published
Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 53 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-658-38838-6 doi
Call Number
B945.R524
Dewey Decimal Classification
144/.3
Summary
The essential provides a brief introduction to the main features of Richard Rorty's neopragatism. At the same time, it offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. The author proposes to read it as a fragile balance of pragmatism and romanticism by which Rorty seeks to change our self-image. Moreover, he elucidates this transformative ambition through a sketch of "Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity" and the utopian figure of the liberal ironist. The essential concludes with a reference to Rorty's hitherto unrecognized ethico-political motivation and with a methodological suggestion for further reading of his texts: One must apply the pragmatist method to himself. The content Introduction: Reading Rorty's work as a balance of pragmatism and romanticism Revolutionary language game pragmatism after the linguistic turn The strong romantic dimension of Rorty's neopragmatism The liberal utopia of a combination of public pragmatism and private romanticism in Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity. Conclusion: Democratic Anti-Authoritarianism - Rorty's Ethical-Political Motivation The target groups Students and teachers of social sciences and philosophy The author Dr. Martin Müller is a flight captain and lecturer in philosophy at the Munich Volkshochschule. As long-time Rorty interpreter, he is currently on the board of the Richard Rorty Society.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 9, 2022).
Series
Springer essentials, 2731-3115
Table of contents short: Introduction: Reading Rorty's work as a balance of pragmatism and romanticism
Revolutionary language-game pragmatism after the linguistic turn
The strong romantic dimension of Rorty's neopragmatism
The liberal utopia of a combination of public pragmatism and private romanticism in contingency, irony and solidarity
Final consideration: Democratic anti-authoritarianism - Rorty's ethico-political motivation.