Taking Rorty’s Irony Seriously

Richard Rorty’s Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (CIS) is an ambitious and provocative, but for many readers a deeply flawed work. This paper argues that many of its apparent flaws can be understood as integral to Rorty’s attempt to write a work of private, post-theoretical irony. The paper’s first...

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Main Author: Andrew Inkpin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/2/2/292