Deconstruction and Pragmatism
Simon Critchley, Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau · 2003
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About the book
Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty are two of the most famous living philosophers. The current influence of Deconstruction and Pragmatism, two major intellectual traditions, would be unthinkable without their work. This ground-breaking book brings these two thinkers together in a critical confrontation between these two traditions. Derridean deconstruction and Rortian pragmatism are both accused by their enemies of undermining our ideas of truth and reason, but do their ideas lead to intellectual and political chaos? Both are committed to the democratic project but they reject the necessary link between universalism, rationalism and modern democracy and seek to clarify what is at stake intellectually and politically. Two other distinguished theorists, Simon Critchley and Ernesto Laclau, provide a critical context for their debate and bring out the importance of the convergences and differences between the two. Anyone wishing to understand the philosophical and political standpoints of Rorty and Derrida should read this book.
Book details
- Year
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 8
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN
- 9781134807673
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