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Richard Rorty: A Short Introduction

essentials

von: Martin Müller
16,04 €
Verlag:	Springer
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	31.10.2022
ISBN/EAN:	9783658388386
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

The essential offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. At the same time, it provides a brief introduction to the main features of Richard Rorty's neopragmatism. 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 "continence, 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Autorenportrait

Dr. Martin Müller is a flight captain and lecturer in philosophy at the Munich Volkshochschule. A long-time Rorty interpreter, he is currently on the board of the Richard Rorty Society.

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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

<ul> <li>Introduction: Reading Rorty's work as a balance of pragmatism and romanticism</li> <li>Revolutionary language game pragmatism after the linguistic turn</li> <li>The strong romantic dimension of Rorty's neopragmatism</li> The liberal utopia of a combination of public pragmatism and private romanticism in Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity.<li>Conclusion: Democratic Anti-Authoritarianism - Rorty's Ethical-Political Motivation</li> </ul> The target groups

<ul> <li>Students and teachers of social sciences and philosophy</li> </ul> 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.