RORTY AND KIERKEGAARD ON IRONY AND MORAL COMMITMENT: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS

"In this book, Brad Frazier clarifies the concept of irony and its relation to moral commitment, providing a discussion of the contrasting accounts of Richard Rorty and Soren Kierkegaard. He argues that while Rorty's position is much more defensible and thoughtful than his detractors tend to recognize, it turns out to be surprisingly more parochial than Kierkegaard's. Bringing together these alternative perspectives, Frazier concludes that Rorty and Kierkegaard's divergent philosophical positions can be combined in a stance of ironic engagement."--Jacket.