Description
Book SynopsisWhen Richard Rorty died on June 8, 2007, obituaries lionized him as one of the 'world's most influential cultural philosophers'. This title presents classic and new essays on Rorty's engagement with feminist philosophy, including essays about the relevance for feminism of pragmatism, philosophy, rhetoric, realism, and liberalism.
Trade Review“This is a worthy collection, coming at a point in time when feminist theorists and philosophers more generally are negotiating Rorty’s place in the canon.”
—Evelyn Brister Hypatia
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Nancy Tuana
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Marianne Janack
1. Feminism and Pragmatism
Richard Rorty
2. From Irony to Prophecy to Politics: A Reply to Richard RortyNancy Fraser
3. Feminism and Pragmatism: A Reply to Richard Rorty
Sabina Lovibond
4. Hope, Truth, and Rhetoric: Prophecy and Pragmatism in Service of Feminism’s Cause
John C. Adams
5. Feminism, Ideology, and Deconstruction: A Pragmatist View
Richard Rorty
6. Democracy and Interpretation
Georgia Warnke
7. Rorty’s Antirepresentationalism in the Context of Sexual Violence
Linda Martín Alcoff
8. Drawing Battle Lines and Choosing Bedfellows: Rorty, Relativism, and Feminist Strategy
Sharyn Clough
9. Richard Rorty, Feminism, and the Annoyances of Pragmatism
Stephen R. Yarbrough
10. Naturalism and Normativity: Rorty and Barad
Alessandra Tanesini
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
