It was nice to stumble across this interview and hear Professor Rorty's voice again. The man had a gift for speaking and writing in broad terms. At his best, I saw him as a type of intellectual therapist helping others recognize that they can let go of problematic philosophical narratives. I'm still asking, "What are we left with?'" Seems like an important question to face.
Take up the holy cause of pragmatism (humanism!) and he remains alive in the hope that the discoursal method might yield a positive enactment of, "who we would like to be" in the future! Keep the faith! Cheers Randy.
@@thadtuiol1717 Many (most?) liberals know wages have been stagnant for decades, seems to me it was a failure of liberals not to make policy changes to correct that. The percent of GDP going to wealthiest just isn’t sustainable, IMHO.
Even though I disagree with much of Rorty's philosophical outlook, he is so direct in his answers that interviews such as this make for highly compelling listening.
@@thadtuiol1717lol ok💀. The only bad thing there was the liberalism. Philosophers quest so hard for an absolute authority or a first principle, but for what? Why do you need all that to live? If the unexamined life isn’t worth living, then over-examining prevents you from having a life at all
I wonder what his belief that Evangelical Christianity in the US had increased was based on. My impression is that it is strongly decreasing now. Was it just a short lived spike?
It was a much, much different story in the 80s and 90s. Bush II was a culmination of the trend. The US started opening up its economy to foreign competition in the 1980s, which kick-started de-industrialization, which began the extinction of the unions. The end of the cold war defense spending and NAFTA further contributed to the decline. Unlike in the '30s, the US was committed to both free-trade and high levels of immigration and the result was the total collapse of the economic and political power of the US working class. The black community turned to drugs and crime and without the unions to fight on their behalf the whites succumbed to Christian fundamentalism. 9/11 and the image of a Muslim holy war against the United States further reinforced that trend.
@Dylan F I think that the interviewer was merely puzzled that Muslims in India appear to be less fanatical than Muslims in Pakistan. Regardless of whether that observation is correct or not, I am quite amazed by Rorty's explanation. His answer revealed that he is quite literally wrong about the situation and his explanation fails. I will not go into why he is wrong here, but any knowledgeable observer of India knows why. Rorty appears to not know the history of India and Pakistan (he should not be expected to), and he doesn't know the contemporary situation, and yet he gives a facile explanation of his mistaken understanding of the situation. This illustrates a general caution: know that you are an expert in your domain, and when you stray outside your domain, you could be seriously mistaken.
8:01 PM 8/13/2018 re kuchar brothers films Great esthetic characteristic...the camera is always (almost?) PASSIVE---it is simply there, not seeking...thus we (audience identifies with characters) are exhibitionist in private, i e, merely being seen. The hecticity stuff at edges of frame support this effect---unintentionality. So we open our social anxiety for what we constantly are afraid we might do. We swim in unconscious/subconscious---and are SAFE. And gorgeous.
Good to know you are in Texas bookstores. 😂👍 For anyone searching the reason(s) for the revival of Christian right, Gore Vidal might prove helpful when he says it was the effect of television in each home and televangelists on them.
Wonderful to see that Richard Rorty continues to be shared with others, "Contingency, Irony and Solidarity" remains a must read for all.
It was nice to stumble across this interview and hear Professor Rorty's voice again. The man had a gift for speaking and writing in broad terms. At his best, I saw him as a type of intellectual therapist helping others recognize that they can let go of problematic philosophical narratives. I'm still asking, "What are we left with?'" Seems like an important question to face.
I miss him so much!
So sad that we'll never get another interview or book from him....
luckily pragmatist as antiauthoritarianism came out last year, to have a last glimpse
Take up the holy cause of pragmatism (humanism!) and he remains alive in the hope that the discoursal method might yield a positive enactment of, "who we would like to be" in the future! Keep the faith! Cheers Randy.
He was old (age 75) when he died, but it sucks he didn't have another 10 years. His view on Trump would have been something!
Check out Achieving Our Country, he predicted a Trump-like President. I don't think he'd be all that surprised!
Agree, just commented the same at another Rorty video.
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And he pretty much predicted trouble due to globalization caused stagnated/declining wages in an interview.
@@lonelycubicle Liberals don't wanna hear that
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Many (most?) liberals know wages have been stagnant for decades, seems to me it was a failure of liberals not to make policy changes to correct that. The percent of GDP going to wealthiest just isn’t sustainable, IMHO.
Even though I disagree with much of Rorty's philosophical outlook, he is so direct in his answers that interviews such as this make for highly compelling listening.
He was full of tautology, relativism, contradiction and liberal cliches. He really was a case of the Emperor's new clothes.
@@thadtuiol1717lol ok💀. The only bad thing there was the liberalism. Philosophers quest so hard for an absolute authority or a first principle, but for what? Why do you need all that to live? If the unexamined life isn’t worth living, then over-examining prevents you from having a life at all
great interview. thanks for uploading
Thank you.
15:55 Turn and face the strange!
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I wonder what his belief that Evangelical Christianity in the US had increased was based on. My impression is that it is strongly decreasing now. Was it just a short lived spike?
It was a much, much different story in the 80s and 90s. Bush II was a culmination of the trend.
The US started opening up its economy to foreign competition in the 1980s, which kick-started de-industrialization, which began the extinction of the unions. The end of the cold war defense spending and NAFTA further contributed to the decline. Unlike in the '30s, the US was committed to both free-trade and high levels of immigration and the result was the total collapse of the economic and political power of the US working class. The black community turned to drugs and crime and without the unions to fight on their behalf the whites succumbed to Christian fundamentalism. 9/11 and the image of a Muslim holy war against the United States further reinforced that trend.
comments that aged badly
Man the interviewer just makes himself totally ridiculous at 29:30 talking about India and Pakistan
@Dylan F I think that the interviewer was merely puzzled that Muslims in India appear to be less fanatical than Muslims in Pakistan. Regardless of whether that observation is correct or not, I am quite amazed by Rorty's explanation. His answer revealed that he is quite literally wrong about the situation and his explanation fails. I will not go into why he is wrong here, but any knowledgeable observer of India knows why. Rorty appears to not know the history of India and Pakistan (he should not be expected to), and he doesn't know the contemporary situation, and yet he gives a facile explanation of his mistaken understanding of the situation.
This illustrates a general caution: know that you are an expert in your domain, and when you stray outside your domain, you could be seriously mistaken.
Horrifying anti-Semitic caller at 34:33 . So upsetting
8:01 PM 8/13/2018 re kuchar brothers films Great esthetic characteristic...the camera is always (almost?) PASSIVE---it is simply there, not seeking...thus we (audience identifies with characters) are exhibitionist in private, i e, merely being seen. The hecticity stuff at edges of frame support this effect---unintentionality. So we open our social anxiety for what we constantly are afraid we might do. We swim in unconscious/subconscious---and are SAFE. And gorgeous.
lol. the damn app switched from kuchar brothers too fast5 for me.
Good to know you are in Texas bookstores. 😂👍 For anyone searching the reason(s) for the revival of Christian right, Gore Vidal might prove helpful when he says it was the effect of television in each home and televangelists on them.