Semioclast

Richard Rorty died this past Friday. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity was one of the first books of critical theory/philosophy/? I ever read. I am certain that I didn’t understand it at the time, although I think I have come to in recent years through a kind of recollective osmosis. And while I don’t really agree with many of Rorty’s points (especially as explained by his followers such as Michael Bérubé), I will miss knowing he’s around. Even if I disagreed with him on a philosophical level, I know that his intent was for an inclusive, leftist politics. In many ways, the rest is just bookkeeping.

h/t Ron Silliman

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