Format:
IX, 88 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0-415-12169-8
,
0-415-12170-1
Content:
Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty are two of the most famous living philosophers. The current influence of Deconstruction and Pragmatism, two major intellectual traditions, would be unthinkable without their work. This ground-breaking book brings these two thinkers together in a critical confrontation between these two traditions. Derridean deconstruction and Rortian pragmatism are both accused by their enemies of undermining our ideas of truth and reason, but do their ideas lead to intellectual and political chaos? Both are committed to the democratic project but they reject the necessary link between universalism, rationalism and modern democracy and seek to clarify what is at stake intellectually and politically. Two other distinguished theorists, Simon Critchley and Ernesto Laclau, provide a critical context for their debate and bring out the importance of the convergences and differences between the two
Content:
Anyone wishing to understand the philosophical and political standpoints of Rorty and Derrida should read this book
Note:
Enth. Beitr. von Simon Critchley, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau und Richard Rorty
Language:
German
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Dekonstruktion
;
Pragmatismus
;
1930-2004 Derrida, Jacques
;
Dekonstruktion
;
Pragmatismus
;
1931-2007 Rorty, Richard
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0649/95026619-d.html
Author information:
Mouffe, Chantal 1943-
Author information:
Critchley, Simon 1960-
