Richard Rorty (Contemporary Philosophy in Focus)

ArguablythemostinfluentialofallcontemporaryEnglish-speakingphilosophers,RichardRortyhastransformedthewaymanyinsideandoutsidephilosophythinkaboutthedisciplineandthetraditionalwaysofpractisingit.DrawingonawiderangeofthinkersfromDarwinandJamestoQuine,Wittgenstein,HeideggerandDerrida,Rortyhasinjectedaboldanti-foundationalistvisionintophilosophicaldebate,intodiscussionsinliterarytheory,communicationstudies,politicaltheoryandeducation,and,aspublicintellectual,intonationaldebatesabouttheresponsibilitiesofAmericainthemodernworld.TheessaysinthisvolumeofferabalancedexpositionandcritiqueofRorty'sviewsonknowledge,language,truth,science,moralityandpolitics.TheeditorialintroductionpresentsavaluableoverviewofRorty'sphilosophicalvision.Writtenbyadistinguishedteamofphilosophers,thisvolumewillhaveanunusualappealoutsidephilosophytostudentsinthesocialsciences,literarystudies,culturalstudiesandpoliticaltheory.