A pragmatist's progress? : Richard Rorty and American intellectual history / edited by John Pettegrew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pettegrew, John, 1959-

Series:

American intellectual culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rorty, Richard.

Pragmatism--History--20th century.

Pragmatism.

History.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

vii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2000]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Pragmatism: An Old Name for Some New Ways of Thinking? / James T. Kloppenberg 19

2 Rorty, Radicalism, Romanticism: The Politics of The Gaze / Joan C. Williams 61

3 Private Life and Public Commitment: From Walter Rauschenbusch to Richard Rorty / Casey Nelson Blake 85

4 Lives of Irony: Randolph Bourne, Richard Rorty, & a New Genealogy of Critical Pragmatism / John Pettegrew 103

5 Is It Pragmatism? Rorty and the American Tradition / Barry Allen 135

6 Is the Revival of Pragmatism Practical, or What Are the Consequences of Pragmatism? / Jeffrey C. Isaac 151

7 Narrative Politics: Richard Rorty at the "End of Reform" / James Livingston 181

Afterword: Intellectual Historians and Pragmatist Philosophy / Richard Rorty 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

084769061X

0847690628

OCLC:

43334156