Take Care of Freedom and Truth Will Take Care of Itself: Interviews with Richard Rorty
- ISBN-10
- 0804746184
- ISBN-13
- 9780804746182
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- Richard Rorty, Eduardo Mendieta
Description
This volume collects a number of important and revealing interviews with Richard Rorty, spanning more than two decades of his public intellectual commentary, engagement, and criticism. In colloquial language, Rorty discusses the relevance and nonrelevance of philosophy to American political and public life. The collection also provides a candid set of insights into Rorty's political beliefs and his commitment to the labor and union traditions in this country. Finally, the interviews reveal Rorty to be a deeply engaged social thinker and observer.
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