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Solving the problem of meaninglessness. .(Critical Essay)
IMAGINE A WORLD where the need for meaning no longer occurs; a world where we no longer seek deeper and larger purposes for our existence and no longer suffer anxiety and despair in the absence of them. Could such a world be possible? Assuming it is, could it be in any sense desirable?
Consider life in the West today. On the one hand, loneliness, uselessness, despair, and a powerful sense of the absurdity of it all are so prevalent that they constitute a part of everyday experience. Indicators such as the rising suicide rates among young men in
Western societies and the levels of drug abuse give only a partial indication of the problem, because they ...
- Postmodern liberal literature: Richard Rorty's "liberal ironists".(Company...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Literary Studies Foley, Andrew December 1, 2008 700+ words
...the filter of the political theory of Richard Rorty. It is generally assumed that the...filter van die politieke teorie van Richard Rorty. Dit word algemeen aanvaar dat die...however, is the American philosopher, Richard Rorty, whose work is characterised by the...
- A Pragmatist's Progress? Richard Rorty and American Intellectual...
- History: Review of New Books STRINER, RICHARD September 22, 2000 700+ words
...ed. A Pragmatist's Progress? Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History Lanham...collection of essays about philosopher Richard Rorty, grandson of the renowned' Social...essays suggests that the influence of Richard Rorty may be transient. Neopragmatism...
- Shattering philsophy's mirror: a conversation with Richard Rorty. (philosopher)...
- Magazine article from: Commonweal Marino, Gordon D. May 6, 1994 700+ words
...effects of the work of Richard Rorty, American philosophers...hopeless and needless, Richard Rorty is the doyen of antifoundationalism...in the present age. Richard Rorty felt the bite of philosophy...philosophers in the world. And deservedly so...
- Philosophy as the mirror of liberalism: the politics of Richard Rorty.
- Magazine article from: Polity Tambornino, John September 22, 1997 700+ words
Too little attention has been paid, by Richard Rorty and his critics alike, to the tension between...language-game--and then crawl into it.(1) Richard Rorty Richard Rorty deserves the attention he has received. Supplementing...
- The coming only is sacred: self-creation and social solidarity in Richard...
- Newspaper article from: Cross Currents Holland, Scott January 1, 2004 700+ words
...The recent work of philosopher Richard Rorty turns to the poetics of Emerson and...declared the father of the Social Gospel. Richard Rorty's socialist parents, Walter Rauschenbusch...the Rortys under an assumed name). Richard Rorty confesses that as a boy of 12 he knew...
- Richard Rorty, Liberal Absolutist.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Policy Review LINKER, DAMON April 1, 2000 700+ words
RICHARD RORTY. Philosophy and Social Hope. PENGUIN...truth in moral matters. That is, until Richard Rorty. In a series of books beginning with...or the view that our ideas about the world correspond to some fundamental reality...
- Richard Rorty; pragmatism and political liberalism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News May 1, 2008 700+ words
9780739114988 Richard Rorty; pragmatism and political liberalism. Bacon, Michael. Lexington Books 2007 119 pages $55.00 Hardcover B945 The pragmatism of Richard Rorty has sparked much criticism from other pragmatists who suggest...
- Richard Rorty; politics and vision.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2006 700+ words
9780742551664 Richard Rorty; politics and vision. Voparil, Christopher...pragmatist political philosophy of Richard Rorty. He believes that seeing Rorty's...personal vision of a new political world, in much the same manner as Sheldon...