Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research
"In recent years there have been some striking convergences between Pragmatism and Deconstruction. But there are also significant ways in which these philosophical orientations swerve away from each other and seem incommensurable. Chantal Mouffe's lucid introduction sets the stage for a lively exchange between Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida. Their crossfire is enriched by the contributions of Simon Critchley and Ernest Laclau. Altogether a splendid and illuminating feast of agnostic debate."
Book Description
Centered around papers by Derrida and Rorty on the relationship between Deconstruction and Pragmatism, this is a collection of four papers introduced by Mouffe exploring this much commented upon but seldom explored link between a US tradition and France's most enduring one. Laclau and Simon Critchley provide contextual papers. Big name stuff.
