Richard Rorty Education, Philosophy, and

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.

Introduction Rorty's Neopragmatism: Nietzsche, Culture, and Education

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(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 Ghiraldelli 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 Farahmandpur

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

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Richard Rorty Education, Philosophy, and Politics

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