Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
by Richard Rorty |
The Voice of Reason
by Ayn Rand | 
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
by Richard Rorty | 
Unpopular Essays
by Bertrand Russell | 
The Postmodern Condition
by Jean-Francois Lyotard | 
Rationalism in Politics
by Michael Oakeshott | 
The Silence of Animals
by John Gray | 
Consequences of Pragmatism
by Richard Rorty |
Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays
by Louis Althusser | 
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens | 
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
by Isaiah Berlin | 
What's Wrong With The World
by G. K. Chesterton | 
The Chomsky Reader
by Noam Chomsky | 
The Soul of Man under Socialism
by Oscar Wilde | 
Useful Work v. Useless Toil
by William Morris | 
The Power Of Ideas
by Isaiah Berlin | 
Gray's Anatomy
by John Gray | 
Useful Work versus Useless Toil
by William Morris |
Mythologies
by Roland Barthes | 
The Virtue of Selfishness
by Ayn Rand |
Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time. In these eloquent essays, articles and lectures, Rorty gives a stimulating summary of his central philosophical beliefs and how they relate to his political hopes; he also offers some challenging insights into contemporary America, justice, education and love.