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For better or worse, Rorty has shaped the trajectory of academic philosophy. A decade after his passing, his legacy is ever present, especially in context of the growth of the far right, the struggle over the meaning of justice and equity, and the ecological crises we face. Edited by Randall Auxier, Eli Kramer, and Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński, Rorty and Beyond brings together leading international philosophers from the United States and Europe to reevaluate Rorty’s legacy and explore what lies beyond his life and work. This collection covers a diverse territory, exploring Rorty’s legacy regarding theories of truth, accounts of nature and naturalism, the historical situation of professional philosophy, the private and public aspects of religion, the place of literature in cultural politics, and points beyond Rorty, such as what we may hope for after his critical attack on certainty and ultimacy. Scholars, specialists, and those new to Rorty will all find insight, useful criticism, and edification in this volume.

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Author:   Randall Auxier ,  Eli Kramer ,  Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski ,  Crispin Sartwell, Dickinson College
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780739195086

ISBN 10:   0739195085
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   19 December 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface Randall Auxier Introduction: Richard Rorty as a Transitional Genre Eli Kramer Part 1: Take Care of the Future and the Past Will Take Care of Itself 1. “Bad Boy of Philosophy”: Richard Rorty, Provocateur Crispin Sartwell 2. “Nine Chances Out of Ten that Things Will Go to Hell”: Rorty on Orwell, Silko, and Narratives of the Dark Future Wojciech Małecki 3. Only a God Can Save Us: Richard Rorty’s Philosophy of Social Hope Beyond Secularism Roman Madzia Part 2: Method and Madness 4. Naturalistic Axiology and Normativity in Rorty Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński 5. The Tenuous Harmony of Imagination, Vision, and Critique Brendan Hogan 6. Abandoning Truth is Not a Solution: A Discussion with Richard Rorty Marcin Kilanowski Part 3: Democracy and Its Discontents 7. —Not NeoPragmatism but Critical Pragmatism: There Are Times When the Private Must Become Public Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley 8. The Problem of Ethnocentrism: An Attempt to Save Rorty’s Pragmatism from Itself John Ryder 9. We Liberal, Ironic Hypocrites: Situating Rorty in the History of American Democratic Thought Kenneth W. Stikkers 10. Solidarity, Imagination, and Richard Rorty’s Unfulfilled Democratic Possibilities: A Deweyan Reconstruction Justin Bell Part 4: Nature, Knowing, and Naturalisms 11. Vocabularies and the Life-World: A Criticism of Rorty’s Naturalism Roberto Gronda 12. The Solomonic Strategy: The Brain as Hardware, Culture as Software: Re-reading Rorty’s Criticism of Cognitive Science Maja Niestrój Part 5: Representations and Other Mirrors 13. Why We Should Move from Rorty to “Rortwey” Radim Šíp 14. Reconsidering Rorty’s Theory of Vocabularies: On the Role and Scope of Persuasion in a Post-Representationalist Culture Miklós Nyírő 15. The Lamp of Reason and the Mirror of Nature Preston Stovall Part 6: Logic, Truth, and Progress 16. Logic Beyond the Looking Glass David Beisecker 17. Reality is More Practical than Truth: Rorty on Truth vs. Justification John Shook 18. Ironic Wrongdoing and the Arc of the Universe Randall Auxier Index About the Editors About the Contributors

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One more book on Rorty? This one proves, among other things, the richness of his legacy. It situates Rorty historically, philosophically, politically, and culturally into the contexts of his own era, but also beyond. The conversation must go on--either approvingly or polemically. Since Richard Rorty was like 'The Freddie Mercury of Philosophy: ' original, influential, provocative... A transitional figure to much more imaginative art of philosophizing. Read this book and you will get further incentives to read Rorty himself!--Emil Visniovsky, Comenius University and Slovack Academy--Emil Visnovsky, Comenius University & Slovak Academy of Sciences This admirable collection of essays by eighteen transatlantic scholars presents Richard Rorty as at once both seminal and transitional, pragmatist and post-pragmatist, philosopher and anti-philosopher. Readers will find excellent analyses of his much debated concept of irony, his critique of religion, and even his own credentials as member of the group he termed 'we liberals.' The essays present fresh insights into the underlying tensions in Rorty's work, as well as his key contributions to 20th century philosophy.--Larry A. Hickman, Souther Illinois University, Carbondale--Larry A. Hickman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale This rich collection of essays not only demonstrates Rorty's lasting influence in virtually all fields of philosophy and more general cultural discussion but also makes a serious contribution to philosophical and post-philosophical inquiry both in dialogue with and moving 'beyond' Rorty, transforming Rortyan neopragmatism into a 'post-Rortyan' on-going conversation. Some of the best experts on Rorty and pragmatism explore Rortyan and post-Rortyan topics such as secularism, social hope, normativity, naturalism, ethnocentrism, (anti)representationalism, and truth, as well as philosophical engagements with literature and politics. This book considerably widens our horizon of pragmatism, no matter whether we admire Rorty or criticize him.--Sami Pihlstroem, University of Helsinki

At least since Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Richard Rorty's radical version of pragmatism has largely shaped the context within which debates on pragmatism and neopragmatism take place. This rich collection of essays not only demonstrates Rorty's lasting influence in virtually all fields of philosophy and more general cultural discussion but also makes a serious contribution to philosophical and post-philosophical inquiry both in dialogue with and moving beyond Rorty, transforming Rortyan neopragmatism into a post-Rortyan on-going conversation. Some of the best experts on Rorty and pragmatism explore Rortyan and post-Rortyan topics such as secularism, social hope, normativity, naturalism, ethnocentrism, (anti)representationalism, truth, as well as philosophical engagements with literature and politics. This book considerably widens our horizon of pragmatism, no matter whether we admire Rorty or criticize him.--Sami Pihlstroem, University of Helsinki

At least since Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Richard Rorty's radical version of pragmatism has largely shaped the context within which debates on pragmatism and neopragmatism take place. This rich collection of essays not only demonstrates Rorty's lasting influence in virtually all fields of philosophy and more general cultural discussion but also makes a serious contribution to philosophical and post-philosophical inquiry both in dialogue with and moving beyond Rorty, transforming Rortyan neopragmatism into a post-Rortyan on-going conversation. Some of the best experts on Rorty and pragmatism explore Rortyan and post-Rortyan topics such as secularism, social hope, normativity, naturalism, ethnocentrism, (anti)representationalism, truth, as well as philosophical engagements with literature and politics. This book considerably widens our horizon of pragmatism, no matter whether we admire Rorty or criticize him.--Sami Pihlstroem, University of Helsinki This admirable collection of essays by eighteen transatlantic scholars presents Richard Rorty as at once both seminal and transitional, pragmatist and post-pragmatist, philosopher and anti-philosopher. Readers will find excellent analyses of his much debated concept of irony, his critique of religion, and even his own credentials as member of the group he termed we liberals. The essays present fresh insights into the underlying tensions in Rorty's work, as well as his key contributions to 20th century philosophy. --Larry A. Hickman, Souther Illinois University, Carbondale--Larry A. Hickman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale One more book on Rorty? This one proves, among other things, the richness of his legacy. It situates Rorty historically, philosophically, politically and culturally into the contexts of his own era, but also beyond. The conversation must go on--either approvingly or polemically. Since Richard Rorty was like The Freddie Mercury of Philosophy original, influential, provocative... A transitional figure to much more imaginative art of philosophizing. Read this book and you will get further incentives to read Rorty himself! --Emil Visniovsky, Comenius University and Slovack Academy--Emil Visnovsky, Comenius University & Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Randall Auxier is professor of philosophy and communication studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a regular visiting professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw. Eli Kramer is assistant professor of philosophy of culture at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. Krzysztof (Chris) Piotr Skowroński, PhD, teaches contemporary philosophy, rhetoric and persuasion, and multiculturalism at the University of Opole, Poland.

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