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Richard Rorty : politics and vision / Christopher J. Voparil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voparil, Christopher J., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Twentieth-century political thinkers.
- 20th century political thinkers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rorty, Richard--Political and social views.
- Rorty, Richard.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Liberalism--Philosophy.
- Liberalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a fresh perspective on Richard Rorty by situating his work in the arena of political theory. Reinterpreting Rorty's much-maligned antirepresentationalism as a Romantic affirmation of the power of imaginative writing, Voparil firmly grounds Rorty in an American tradition that includes not only James and Dewey, but Emerson, Whitman, and James Baldwin, and initiates an overdue reassessment of this important thinker's value to the political discourse of the 21st century.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Reading Rorty
- Pragmatism and personal vision
- The mirror and the lever
- The politics of the novel
- The limits of sympathy
- Public pragmatism and private narcissism
- America as the greatest poem
- Conclusion: Rorty and thesis eleven.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4616-4313-9
- 1-299-85424-9
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