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Philosophy and Social Hope

Philosophy and Social Hope Softcover - 1999

by RORTY, Richard

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(London): Penguin Books, 1999. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 288pp. Fine in printed wrappers.
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  • Title Philosophy and Social Hope
  • Author RORTY, Richard
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition 4th.Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, (London)
  • Date 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 531173
  • ISBN 9780140262889 / 0140262881
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.08 x 0.81 in (19.76 x 12.90 x 2.06 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Modern - 20th century, Pragmatism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00269736
  • Dewey Decimal Code 191

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Summary

Since Plato most philosophy has aimed at true knowledge, penetrating beneath appearances to an underlying reality. Against this tradition, Richard Rorty convincingly argues, pragmatism offers a new philosophy of hope. One of the most controversial figures in recent philosophical and wider literary and cultural debate, Rorty brings together an original collection of his most recent philosophical and cultural writings. He explains in a fascinating memoir how he began to move away from Plato towards William James and Dewey, culminating in his own version of pragmatism. What ultimately matters, Rorty suggests, is not whether our ideas correspond to some fundamental reality but whether they help us carry out practical tasks and create a fairer and more democratic society.

Aimed at a general audience, this volume offers a stimulating summary of Rorty's central philosophical beliefs, as well as some challenging insights into contemporary culture, justice, education, and love.

From the publisher

Richard Rorty is a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and the author of many books of philosophy, including Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature; Contingency, Irony & Solidarity; and Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in 20th-Century America.

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  • Books & Culture, 08/01/2000, Page 11

About the author

Richard Rorty is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of PHILSOPHY AND THE MIRROR OF NATURE, CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY, and ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY.

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