The Resource Contingency, irony, and solidarity, Richard Rorty
Contingency, irony, and solidarity, Richard Rorty
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- Summary
- American philosopher Richard Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies, rather than as expressions of underlying, ahistorical human nature, or as realizations of suprahistorical goals. This ironic perspective on the human condition is valuable but it cannot advance Liberalism's social and political goals. In fact, Rorty believes that it is literature and not philosophy that can do this, by promoting a genuine sense of human solidarity. Specifically, it is novelists such as Orwell and Nabokov who succeed in awakening us to the cruelty of particular social practices and individual attitudes. Thus, a truly liberal culture would fuse the private, individual freedom of the ironic, philosophical perspective with the public project of human solidarity as it is engendered through the insights and sensibilities of great writers. Rorty uses a wide range of references - from philosophy to social theory to literary criticism - to elucidate his beliefs
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages)
- Contents
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- Self-creation and affiliation: Proust, Nietzsche, and Heidegger
- From ironist theory to private allusions: Derrida
- pt. 3.
- Cruelty and solidarity:
- The barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on cruelty
- The last intellectual in Europe: Orwell on cruelty
- Solidarity
- pt. 1.
- Contingency:
- The contingency of language
- The contingency of selfhood
- The contingency of a liberal community
- pt. 2.
- Ironism and theory:
- Private irony and liberal hope
- Isbn
- 9781139648523
- Label
- Contingency, irony, and solidarity
- Title
- Contingency, irony, and solidarity
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Rorty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- American philosopher Richard Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies, rather than as expressions of underlying, ahistorical human nature, or as realizations of suprahistorical goals. This ironic perspective on the human condition is valuable but it cannot advance Liberalism's social and political goals. In fact, Rorty believes that it is literature and not philosophy that can do this, by promoting a genuine sense of human solidarity. Specifically, it is novelists such as Orwell and Nabokov who succeed in awakening us to the cruelty of particular social practices and individual attitudes. Thus, a truly liberal culture would fuse the private, individual freedom of the ironic, philosophical perspective with the public project of human solidarity as it is engendered through the insights and sensibilities of great writers. Rorty uses a wide range of references - from philosophy to social theory to literary criticism - to elucidate his beliefs
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- digitized
- Cataloging source
- CAMBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rorty, Richard
- Dewey number
- 401
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P106
- LC item number
- .R586 1989eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Language and languages
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- Language and languages
- Contingentie
- Ironie
- Pragmatisme
- Taalfilosofie
- Philosophie du langage
- Label
- Contingency, irony, and solidarity, Richard Rorty
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Self-creation and affiliation: Proust, Nietzsche, and Heidegger
- From ironist theory to private allusions: Derrida
- pt. 3.
- Cruelty and solidarity:
- The barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on cruelty
- The last intellectual in Europe: Orwell on cruelty
- Solidarity
- pt. 1.
- Contingency:
- The contingency of language
- The contingency of selfhood
- The contingency of a liberal community
- pt. 2.
- Ironism and theory:
- Private irony and liberal hope
- Control code
- 818856234
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139648523
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818856234
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Contingency, irony, and solidarity, Richard Rorty
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Self-creation and affiliation: Proust, Nietzsche, and Heidegger
- From ironist theory to private allusions: Derrida
- pt. 3.
- Cruelty and solidarity:
- The barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on cruelty
- The last intellectual in Europe: Orwell on cruelty
- Solidarity
- pt. 1.
- Contingency:
- The contingency of language
- The contingency of selfhood
- The contingency of a liberal community
- pt. 2.
- Ironism and theory:
- Private irony and liberal hope
- Control code
- 818856234
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139648523
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818856234
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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