| A Pragmatist's Progress?: Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History Contributor(s): Pettegrew, John (Editor), Blake, Casey Nelson (Contribution by), Kloppenberg, James T. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 084769061X ISBN-13: 9780847690619 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 144.309 |
| LCCN: 99087950 |
| Series: American Intellectual Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.22" W x 8.98" (0.91 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Rorty's reclaiming of the pragmatist tradition and his contribution to the discipline of intellectual history are highlighted; at the same time, each essay finds Rorty's 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. |