Rorty, an old teacher of mine, views himself as a left liberal. His Achieving Our
Country is advertised as a way of rethinking reformist (we might say) politics. He
writes for Dissent. He is an anti-Marxist, but that is not enough to make you not on
the left. Dewey was an advocate of worker
I'm not sure what that has to do with literary criticism (which is
basically supposed to help us understand the fiction we read). It is true
that the meaning of a theory varies with context, but that says we have
to
be very clear by what _we_ mean by the theory. The sociology or
psychology
Mine,
I am actually a "philosophy person"--used to be a philosophy professor before I was a
lawyer. Although I do not necessary share the vehemence of the rejection of (the very
different, as you remark) approaches of deconstruction or hermeneutics, I am fairly
suspicious of their value
If there would be a philosophy or literature person here, s(he) would
*really* be pissed, not only by the unprofessional use of language but
also by ignorance. I am not a big fun of hermeneutics and deconstruction
either, but I never make the mistake of considering those theorists
writing
Justin,
Please see my reply to Tom Walker where I both criticize hermeneutics and
empiricism.
btw, to my knowledge, Richard Rorty has nothing do with left. He is a new
pragmatic following the footsteps of Dewey...
thanks,
Mine
Mine,
I am actually a "philosophy person"--used to be a
