This book offers a fresh perspective on Richard Rorty by situating his work in the arena of political theory. Reinterpreting Rorty's much-maligned antirepresentationalism as a Romantic affirmation of the power of imaginative writing, Voparil firmly grounds Rorty in an American tradition that includes not only James and Dewey, but Emerson, Whitman, and James Baldwin, and initiates an overdue reassessment of this important thinker's value to the political discourse of the 21st century.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 List of Abbreviations
Chapter 3 Introduction: Reading Rorty
Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Pragmatism and Personal Vision
Chapter 5 Chapter 2. The Mirror and the Lever
Chapter 6 Chapter 3. The Politics of the Novel
Chapter 7 Chapter 4. The Limits of Sympathy
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Reflections on Public and Private
Chapter 9 Chapter 6. American as the Greatest Poem
Chapter 10 Conclusion. Rorty and Thesis Eleven
