Ironist
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Ironist (from Greek: eiron, eironeia) is a term coined by Richard Rorty
to describe someone who fulfills three conditions:
In Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
, Rorty argues that Proust, Nietzsche, Foucault
, Heidegger, Derrida, and Nabokov, among others, all exemplify Ironism to different extents.
Richard Rorty
Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher. He had a long and diverse academic career, including positions as Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton, Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University...
to describe someone who fulfills three conditions:
In Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity , is a book by American philosopher Richard Rorty, based on two sets of lectures he gave at University College, London, and at Trinity College, Cambridge....
, Rorty argues that Proust, Nietzsche, Foucault
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, Heidegger, Derrida, and Nabokov, among others, all exemplify Ironism to different extents.