Richard Rorty: Outgrowing Modern Nihilism

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-45057-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 167 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 353 g

The book makes a new contribution to the contemporary debates on nihilism and the sacred. Drawing on an original interpretation of Richard Rorty’s writings, it challenges the orthodox treatment of nihilism as a malaise that human beings must overcome. Instead, nihilism should be framed as a problem for human culture to outgrow through pragmatism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Llanera, Tracy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Great Debate

Why Rorty?

The “Spiritual”

Spiritual Disjointedness

The Book



2. Overcoming Nihilism

Nietzsche: The “Uncanniest of All Guests”

Heidegger: When the Hammer Breaks

Taylor: Modern Moral Sources

Dreyfus and Kelly: “Whooshing” Up

Rorty the Nihilist?

Three Cases

Conclusion



3. The Concept of Redemption

Essentialism and Edification

Romantic Polytheism

The Religious Impulse

Rise of the Literary Culture

Liberal Democracy

A New Self-Image

Religious Nostalgia

Conclusion



4. Averting Nihilism

Egotism

The Private-Public Distinction

Self-Creation and Solidarity

Self-Enlargement

Nihilism and Egotism

Post-Metaphysical Redemption

Conclusion



5. Pragmatist Transcendence

The Ambition to Transcendence

Vertical Transcendence and the Onto-Theological Tradition

Horizontal Transcendence and Pragmatism

Strong and Weak Transcendence

Three Concerns

Conclusion



6. The Nihilisms of Our Time

Über Autor(innen)

Tracy Llanera is Assistant Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and faculty affiliate at the UConn Asian and Asian American Studies Institute. She works at the intersection of philosophy of religion, social and political philosophy, and pragmatism, specializing on the topics of nihilism, conversion, and the politics of language.