Historical-Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Historical-Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Von Schelling, Marcus Zis is available to download

Historical-Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Von Schelling, Marcus Zisselsberger, Mason Richey
Type:	eBook
Released:	2008
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Page Count:	264
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0791471322
ISBN-13:	9780791471326

From Library Journal Rorty propounds, and faces squarely the consequences of, a relativistic, non-essentialist view of man and society.Historical-Critical Introduction to the ... Textbook For him, attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices are contingent phenomena of a particular time, place, and culture, none of which is inherently better or worse than any other. There is irony in the fact that one can realize this, yet still desire, and work for, "human solidarity" and freedom. How these positions can be reconciled is the subject of this important book, not incidental to which are fascinating discussions of Hegel, Heidegger, Habermas, Nietzsche, Nabokov, Freud, Dickens, and Orwell, among others. This is Rorty at his most stimulating, and he emerges as a major political theorist.- Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the edition. "...bristles with big and unsettling ideas...No brief summary of this book can begin to convey its freshness, scope, and immense erudition...Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity will induce intellectual tingles in the philosopher and layman alike. It is going to be read for a long time." The Philadelphia Inquirer "This is Rorty at his most stimulating, and he emerges as a major political theorist." Library Journal "Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is not only readable, informative and ceaselessly interesting; it is a bold and topical manifest about the entire philosophical and political prospect of our 'post-modern' times. Jonathan Re'e Radical Philosophy "...consistently provocative, and every page excites philosophic thought." Philosophy and Literature "An exciting book. For millennia philosophers have been debating whether the universe is out there to be discovered or is rather in effect invented by thinkers who can never get beyond their own categories. Rorty is our most prominent perspectivist today....Rorty writes with erudition and style. His views are always stimulating, though they will inevitably tend to infuriate readers who are not ready for a 'postmetaphysical' world." H. L. Shapiro, Choice