Take Care of Freedom and Truth Will Take Care of Itself - (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Richard Rorty (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism.
- About the Author: Richard Rorty is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University.
- 256 Pages
- Philosophy, History & Surveys
- Series Name: Cultural Memory in the Present
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About the Book
This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism.Book Synopsis
This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism. In colloquial language, Rorty discusses the relevance and nonrelevance of philosophy to American political and public life. The collection also provides a candid set of insights into Rorty's political beliefs and his commitment to the labor and union traditions in this country. Finally, the interviews reveal Rorty to be a deeply engaged social thinker and observer.
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This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism. In colloquial language, Rorty discusses the relevance and nonrelevance of philosophy to American political and public life. The collection also provides a candid set of insights into Rorty's political beliefs and his commitment to the labor and union traditions in this country. Finally, the interviews reveal Rorty to be a deeply engaged social thinker and observer.Review Quotes
"The United States has produced a great many idiosyncratic champions of human freedom, Walt Whitman and William James above all. It is time to recognize Rorty's place in that lineage."--Dissent
About the Author
Richard Rorty is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of three volumes of Philosophical Papers (1991-1998), and Philosophy and Social Hope (1999). Eduardo Mendieta is Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY, Stony Brook. He is the author of Adventures of Transcendental Philosophy: Karl-Otto Apel's Semiotics and Discourse Ethics (2002).Dimensions (Overall): 9.04 Inches (H) x 6.18 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: History & Surveys
Series Title: Cultural Memory in the Present
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Theme: Modern
Format: Paperback
Author: Richard Rorty
Language: English
Street Date: November 29, 2005
TCIN: 82966193
UPC: 9780804746182
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-5085
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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