RICHARD RORTY

On his death in 2007, Richard Rorty was heralded by the New York Times as one of the worlds most influential contemporary thinkers . Controversial on the left and the right for his critiques of objectivity and political radicalism, Rorty experienced a renown den ied to all but a handful of living philosophers. In this masterly biography, Neil Gross explores the path of Rortys thought over th e decades in order to trace the intellectual and professional journey that led him to that prominence.The child of a pair of leftist writers who...[Llegir més]