Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism Richard Rorty Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Linguistics

“Provocative And Engaging…The Array Of Urgent Questions Crises Facing Our Democracy Makes One Miss Richard Rorty’s Voice: Insistent Relentlessly Questioning Dedicated To The Proposition That We Can’t Afford Let Fail ”—Chris Lehmann New Republic“Richard Rorty Was Most Iconoclastic Dramatic Philosopher Last Half-Century In This Final Book His Unique Literary Style Singular Intellectual Zest Demythologizing Defiance Official Philosophy Are On Full Display ”—Cornel West“Coherent Often Brilliant It Presents A Clear Timely Case For Political Pragmatism ”—Jonathan Rée Prospect“Today There Few Philosophers Left Whose Thoughts Inspired By Unifying Vision Even Fewer Who Can Articulate Such View Terms Ravishing Flow Provocative But Sharp Differentiated Arguments ”—Jürgen Habermasrichard Masterwork Offers Culminating Influential Version He Began Decades Ago Groundbreaking Mirror Nature Identifies Anti-Authoritarianism As Principal Impulse Virtue Means Acknowledging Cultural Inheritance Is Always Open Revision Because No Authority Exists Ascertain Truth Once All If Cannot Rely Unshakable Certainties God Or Then Have Go On—And Argue With—Are Opinions Ideas Fellow Humans Test These Suggests Relatively Simple: Do They Work? Produce Peace Freedom Happiness Desire? Achieve Enlightened Not Easy Though Demands Trust Think Care About What Others Account Their Doubts Objections Own Beliefs More Accessible Just Has Eloquently Challenged Hidebound Traditions Arrayed Against Goals Social Justice Σελίδες: 272 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0909 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm