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- catalog abstract ""Richard Rorty is one of the best-known living philosophers at the close of the American century. What he has to say about the triumph of American liberalism resonates with a near-unanimous consensus that "the free market" must forever accompany "democracy." Unlike many of his liberal colleagues, however, Rorty does not exalt familiar Enlightenment assumptions about universal reason, human nature, or historical progress."--Jacket. "Markar Melkonian meets Rorty head-on, taking him to task for insufficiently repudiating universal values, essentialism, and other metaphysical views he claims to have abandoned. Melkonian does this in the course of making the case that the existing liberal democracies Rorty wants to defend bear little resemblance to Rorty's own liberal utopia, in which "the quest for autonomy is impeded as little as possible by social institutions." Without denigrating such institutions as a free press, independent judiciaries, and representative democracy, Melkonian suggests that socialism - conceived as the state power of workers, rather than capitalists - holds greater promise than Rorty's liberal utopia for the supreme purposes of extending freedom and ameliorating suffering."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11561052.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Markar Melkonian meets Rorty head-on, taking him to task for insufficiently repudiating universal values, essentialism, and other metaphysical views he claims to have abandoned.".
- catalog description ""Richard Rorty is one of the best-known living philosophers at the close of the American century. What he has to say about the triumph of American liberalism resonates with a near-unanimous consensus that "the free market" must forever accompany "democracy." Unlike many of his liberal colleagues, however, Rorty does not exalt familiar Enlightenment assumptions about universal reason, human nature, or historical progress."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Framing the Conversation -- Three Anti-Isms -- Rorty's "We's" -- Strategic Considerations -- Departures from Dewey -- Dewey and the Public/Private Split -- Dewey on Liberty and Democracy -- Rorty on Liberty and Democracy -- Freedom and Liberalism in Practice -- Depicting the Apolitical Private Sphere -- State Power and the Private Sphere -- Privatization and Socialism -- Private Selfhood and Ideology -- Decency and Liberalism in Practice -- Liberalism and Suffering -- The Solemn Complement of Rorty's Ideals -- Decency beyond Liberalism -- Of Light Minds and Heavy Hands -- A Circle without Circumference -- Rorty's Incompatible Roles.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index.".
- catalog description "Melkonian does this in the course of making the case that the existing liberal democracies Rorty wants to defend bear little resemblance to Rorty's own liberal utopia, in which "the quest for autonomy is impeded as little as possible by social institutions." Without denigrating such institutions as a free press, independent judiciaries, and representative democracy, Melkonian suggests that socialism - conceived as the state power of workers, rather than capitalists - holds greater promise than Rorty's liberal utopia for the supreme purposes of extending freedom and ameliorating suffering."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "226 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Richard Rorty's politics.".
- catalog identifier "1573927244 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1573927252 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Richard Rorty's politics.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books,".
- catalog relation "Richard Rorty's politics.".
- catalog subject "320.51/3 21".
- catalog subject "JC251.R59 M45 1999".
- catalog subject "Liberalism Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Political science Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Rorty, Richard Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Rorty, Richard Political and social views.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Framing the Conversation -- Three Anti-Isms -- Rorty's "We's" -- Strategic Considerations -- Departures from Dewey -- Dewey and the Public/Private Split -- Dewey on Liberty and Democracy -- Rorty on Liberty and Democracy -- Freedom and Liberalism in Practice -- Depicting the Apolitical Private Sphere -- State Power and the Private Sphere -- Privatization and Socialism -- Private Selfhood and Ideology -- Decency and Liberalism in Practice -- Liberalism and Suffering -- The Solemn Complement of Rorty's Ideals -- Decency beyond Liberalism -- Of Light Minds and Heavy Hands -- A Circle without Circumference -- Rorty's Incompatible Roles.".
- catalog title "Richard Rorty's politics : liberalism at the end of the American century / Markar Melkonian.".
- catalog type "text".