Philosophy and social hope. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Rorty.
• Other Names: Rorty, Richard
• Contents: Trotsky and the wild orchids -- Truth without correspondence to reality -- A world without substances or essences -- Ethics without principles -- The banality of pragmatism and the poetry of justice -- Pragmatism and law: a response to David Luban -- Education as socialization and as individualization -- The humanistic intellectual: eleven theses -- The pragmatist's progress: Umberto Eco on interpretation -- Religious faith, intellectual responsibility and romance -- Religion as conversation-stopper -- Thomas Kuhn, rocks and the laws of physics -- On Heidegger's Nazism -- Failed prophecies, glorious hopes -- A spectre is haunting the intellectuals: Derrida on Marx -- Love and money -- Globalization, the politics of identity and social hope -- Looking backwards from the year 2096 -- The unpatriotic academy -- Back to class politics.
• Publisher Details: New York : Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxii, 288 pages)
• Subjects: 191; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century; Pragmatism; Philosophy, Modern; Pragmatism; Pragmatisme; Hoop; Electronic books; Political and social views
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141946115; 0141946113
• Related ISBNs: 0140262881; 9780140262889
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.