{"product_id":"what-can-we-hope-for-essays-on-politics-paperback","title":"What Can We Hope For?: Essays on Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Rorty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Voparil\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Rorty, one of the most influential intellectuals of recent decades, is perhaps best known today as the philosopher who, almost two decades before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, warned of the rise of a Trumpian strongman in America. \u003ci\u003eWhat Can We Hope For?\u003c\/i\u003e gathers nineteen of Rorty's essays on American and global politics, including four previously unpublished and many lesser-known and hard-to-find pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these provocative and compelling essays, Rorty confronts the critical challenges democracies face at home and abroad, including populism, growing economic inequality, and overpopulation and environmental devastation. In response, he offers optimistic and realistic ideas about how to address these crises. He outlines strategies for fostering social hope and building an inclusive global community of trust, and urges us to put our faith in trade unions, universities, bottom-up social campaigns, and bold political visions that thwart ideological pieties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by Rorty's sense of emergency about our collective future, \u003ci\u003eWhat Can We Hope For?\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with striking diagnoses of today's political crises and creative proposals for solving them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Rorty\u003c\/b\u003e (1931-2007) was an eminent American pragmatist philosopher and public intellectual. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eAchieving Our Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Social Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Mirror of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003eW. P. Malecki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of literary theory at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. His books include \u003ci\u003eHuman Minds and Animal Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eChris Voparil\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy and political theory on the Graduate Faculty of Union Institute \u0026amp; University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Pragmatism: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765043724576,"sku":"9780691222905","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5fa891d783c33b152e14fd0df010e2ff.webp?v=1780261139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-can-we-hope-for-essays-on-politics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}