Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Rorty, Richard McKay
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Publication Date: 1989
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To understand what liberalism and human solidarity mean in terms of the human contingency and condition, Rorty examines literature, philosophy, social theory and literary criticism. This book confirms Rorty's status as a uniquely subtle theorist, whose writing will prove absorbing to academic and nonacademic readers alike.
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