The Cambridge companion to Rorty / edited by David Rondel, University of Nevada, Reno.
| Other author | Rondel, David, 1978- |
| Other author | Cambridge University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Cambridge Companions |
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| Abstract | "Richard Rorty (1931-2007) was perhaps the unique philosopher of his generation. Admired in some intellectual circles, reviled in others, he was unique for the sheer breadth of his interests and expertise. In an era when philosophy was becoming increasingly hyper-specialized, Rorty seemed more to resemble the great polymaths of the early modern period, writing on a dazzling variety of topics -both the recondite topics of specialist philosophers and, more frequently as he grew older, public-facing contributions on politics, literature, and culture. He drew from an equally dazzlingly diverse group of thinkers, from Darwin and Dewey to Derrida and Davidson, from Freud, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, to Nabokov, Orwell, and Harold Bloom. It puts the point mildly to say that Rorty's litany of intellectual heroes was an eclectic and idiosyncratic one. Writing on figures within the so-called analytic and continental traditions with (or so it seemed) equal familiarity and facility, it is no embellishment to say that Richard Rorty had a range of interests simply not found among his philosophical contemporaries"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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| Issued in other form | Print version: The Cambridge companion to Rorty Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108733953 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020055260 |
| ISBN | 9781108678261 (epub) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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