Build Our Country - 20th Century American Leftist Thought

Author: Richard Rorty
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book originates from Richard Rorty's "Macy Lectures on the History of American Civilization" delivered in 1997. Throughout the book, Rorty is passionate and confident, aiming to inspire American left-wing intellectuals to actively engage in domestic affairs, reignite their enthusiasm, and restore balance to American cultural life. Rorty traces the intellectual achievements of the old left before the 1960s, evaluates the successes and failures of the cultural left since the 1960s, and argues that intellectuals should make more grounded efforts to "build our country" and pursue the ideals of American founding.