Richard Rorty Education, Philosophy, and Politics

by Peters, Michael A.; Ghiraldelli, Paulo, Jr.; Best, Steven; Farahmandpur, Ramin; Garrison, Jim; Kellner, Douglas; Marshall, James D.; McLaren, Peter; Peters, Michael; Ramberg, Björn; Rodrigues, Alberto Tosi; Suoranta, Juha; Wain, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780742509054
• ISBN10: 0742509052
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This distinctive collection by scholars from around the world focuses upon the cultural, educational, and political significance of Richard Rorty's thought. The nine essays which comprise the collection examine a variety of related themes: Rorty's neopragmatism, his view of philosophy, his philosophy of education and culture, Rorty's comparison between Dewey and Foucault, his relation to postmodern theory, and, also his form of political liberalism.

Table of Contents

Introduction Rorty's Neopragmatism: Nietzsche, Culture, and Education	1	(14)
Michael A. Peters
Paulo Ghiraldelli Jr.
Rorty and the Instruments of Philosophy	15	(32)
Bjorn Ramberg
Rorty, Metaphysics, and the Education of Human Potential	47	(20)
Jim Garrison
Truth, Trust, and Metaphor: Rorty's Davidsonian Philosophy of Education	67	(12)
Paulo Chiraldelli Jr.
On What We May Hope: Rorty on Dewey and Foucault	79	(22)
James D. Marshall
Richard Rorty and Postmodern Theory	101	(10)
Steven Best
Douglas Kellner
The Political Liberalism of Richard Rorty	111	(28)
Alberto Tosi Rodrigues
Richard Rorty's Self-Help Liberalism: A Marxist Critique of America's Most Wanted Ironist	139	(24)
Peter McLaren
Ramin Farahmandur
Juha Suoranta
Richard Rorty and the End of Philosophy of Education	163	(16)
Kenneth Wain
Achieving America: Postmodernism and Rorty's Critique of the Cultural Left	179	(18)
Michael A. Peters
Index	197	(10)
About the Contributors	207