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urn:uuid:85a6a080-c3fe-4bfe-9ea8-337b06241316 03 01 01 urn:uuid:85a6a080-c3fe-4bfe-9ea8-337b06241316 15 9781805117117 06 10.11647/OBP.0487 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 Solidarity in Contingency Rorty’s Constructive Project 1 B01 21 0000-0003-1990-0204 Elin D. Huckerby 2 B01 21 0000-0001-9338-6077 Marianne Janack 01 eng 00 242 03 04 B945.R524 10 PHI019000 B2 Philosophy 93 QDTS 20 Richard Rorty 10 PHI020000 B2 Politics and Sociology 20 Pragmatism 93 QDHR3 20 Democratic solidarity 93 JPHV 10 PHI000000 20 Contingency 93 JHBA 10 PHI034000 20 Ironism 93 JBSF11 10 POL007000 20 Liberal ironist 10 SOC026040 03 00 Richard Rorty (1931–2007), once dubbed ‘the man who killed truth’, is best known for challenging the idea that philosophy provides foundational knowledge. Yet beyond the controversy lies a vital, underexplored side of Rorty’s work: his constructive vision for fostering democratic solidarity in a world shaped by contingency and uncertainty. This volume shifts focus from defending Rorty to applying his insights for today’s fractured, post-truth culture.Centered on Rorty’s "Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity" (1989), the collection explores how his pragmatism helps us reimagine philosophy as a cultural practice—one grounded not in timeless truths, but in shared hopes, vocabularies, and democratic cooperation. The volume brings together seven original essays that revisit Rortyan concepts like liberal ironism, poetic redescription, eirenism, and democratic solidarity, and explore their implications for social justice, feminist theory, public discourse, and the humanities.Rather than lament relativism or retreat into essentialism, these contributions demonstrate how Rorty’s philosophy offers practical, imaginative tools for navigating difference and building inclusive societies. Emphasizing creativity over certainty and solidarity over skepticism, this timely volume reclaims Rorty’s legacy as a philosopher of hope—and a resource for democratic renewal in our era of radical uncertainty. 04 00 Contributor Biographies Abbreviations for Key Works by Richard Rorty 1. Introduction: From Explication to Application 2. Rorty’s Interpretations and the Possibility of Social Change 3. Tenderness as the Norm: Rorty on ‘Intense Mental Pain’ 4. Actually (Anti-)Utopian? Levitas, Rorty and the Conditions of Utopianism 5. Pragmatist Eirenism in Post-Truth Society 6. Creative Doubts against Authoritarian Certainty: Rorty through Reparative Critique 1 7. Rortyan Irony as Civic Virtue in Our Myside Society 8. Irony as Hope and the Future of the Humanities Works Cited Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20251202 13 15 9781805117100 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0487.pdf 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0487 99 01