"Fraternity Reigns"
| Title | "Fraternity Reigns" |
| Year for Search | 1996 |
| Authors | Rorty, Richard [McKay](1931-2007) |
| Secondary Title | The New York Times Magazine |
| Pagination | 155-58 |
| Date Published | September 28, 1996 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Written as the article on "Fraternity" in the 7th ed. of A Companion to American Thought, published in 2095 and edited by Cynthia J. Rodriguez, S.J. and Youzheng Patel. It looks at the collapse of the U.S. under capitalism and its slow rebirth based on fraternity. In his Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (xvi), Rorty discusses his utopia, and in Philosophy and Social Hope (xiii-xiv), he argues for the importance of utopias. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as "Looking Backwards from the Year 2096." In his Philosophy and Social Hope (London: Penguin Books, 1999), 243-51. |
| Holding Institutions | LLL, VUW |
| Author Note | The author (1931-2007) was a well-known U.S. philosopher. |
| Full Text | 1996 Rorty, Richard [McKay] (1931-2007). “Fraternity Reigns.” The New York Times Magazine (September 28, 1996): 155-58. Rpt. as “Looking Backwards from the Year 2096.” In his Philosophy and Social Hope (London: Penguin Books, 1999), 243-51. LLL, VUW Written as the article on “Fraternity” in the 7th ed. of A Companion to American Thought, published in 2095 and edited by Cynthia J. Rodriguez, S.J. and Youzheng Patel. It looks at the collapse of the U.S. under capitalism and its slow rebirth based on fraternity. In his Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (xvi), Rorty discusses his utopia, and in Philosophy and Social Hope (xiii-xiv), he argues for the importance of utopias. The author was a well-known U.S. philosopher. |
