num_pages: 212
description: The second volume pursues the themes of the first volume in the context of discussions of recent European philosophy focusing on the work of Heidegger and Derrida. His four essays on Heidegger include "Philosophy as Science, as Metaphor and as Politics" and "Heidegger, Kundera, and Dickens;" three essays on Derrida (including "Deconstruction and Circumvention" and "Is Derrida a Transcendental Philosopher?") are followed by a discussion of the uses to which Paul de Man and his followers have put certain Derridean ideas. Rorty's concluding essays broaden outward with an essay on "Freud and Moral Deliberation" and essays discussing the social theories and political attitudes of various contemporary figures--Foucault, Lyotard, Habermas, Unger, and Castoriadis.
language: English
title: Philosophical Papers, Volume 2: Essays on Heidegger and Others
titlecomplete: Philosophical Papers, Volume 2: Essays on Heidegger and Others
genres: Essays, Theory, Philosophy, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 119
series: Philosophical Papers
publisher: Cambridge University Press