Susana Castro

This chapter describes the approach to romanticism which Richard Rorty develops in light of Isaiah Berlin’s work. It further shows how Nietzsche’s approach to romanticism contributes, much like pragmatism does, to undermining the metaphysical presupposition that the world is to be divided into appearance and reality, objectivity and subjectivity. Rorty is found to be in agreement with Nietzsche’s project of the de-divinization of truth, with his explanation of language as tool of communication and reason, and with the idea of words as dead metaphors. On the other hand, the chapter shows how Rorty’s philosophy of redescription is animated by a notion of imagination closer to Shelley’s than to Nietzsche’s.

O presente artigo almeja explicitar as principais características dopragmatismo clássico, representado aqui por John Dewey, e do pragmatismoatual, representado por Richard Rorty. O objetivo principal, porém, éapresentar ao leitor as principais teses do neopragmatismo de Richard Rorty.Aqui são apresentadas as teses de Rorty sobre a linguagem; sua crítica aos pressupostos metafísicos e positivos,sobre verdade e conhecimento, e defesa da virada histórica que assinala aconstrução social dos valores e crenças; a filosofia política pragmatistae sua ligação com o compromisso democrático com o progresso moral; e,finalmente, a utopia rortyana acerca da união dos povos em todo o mundoatravés da troca cultural.This article intends to make explicit some of the most important characteristicsof classical pragmatism, represented here by John Dewey, and today’spragmatism, represented by Richard Rorty. The main aim, however, is tomake the reader acquainted with the main issues of Richard Rorty’sneopragmatism: the Rortyan assumptions about language ; his critics of the metaphysician and positivistic conception about truthand knowledge; the pragmatist political philosophy and its connectionwith the democratic commitment with moral progress; and, finally, theRortyan utopia of the union of people around the world through culturalexchange

Qual a relação entre arte e gosto popular? A obra de Danto nos mostra como a arte pop revolucionou a arte ao aproximar o objeto de arte dos objetos comuns. Neste trabalho são feitas as relações entre o dadaísmo e a arte pop mostrando-se as principais características dos dois movimentos.What is the relationship between art and popular taste? Danto's work shows us how pop art revolutionized the art when approached the art objects to the common objects. This work make relations between Dadaism and pop art, making clear the main features of the two movements

Neste artigo a autora mapeia o debate entre teorias políticas contemporâneas da justiça a partir dos conceitos chaves de reconhecimento e distribuição. Mostra a teoria normativa da justiça de Nancy Fraser, chamada de ‘paridade participativa’. Esta Teoria reúne elementos distributivos e de reconhecimento. No final, aborda as críticas de Zerilli às teorias feministas universalistas e a filiação de Fraser ao pragmatismo.In this paper the author maps the debate in contemporary political theories about justice through the key concepts of recognition and distribution. It shows the normative theory of justice by Nancy Fraser, called ‘parity of participation’. This theory aggregates elements of both recognition and distribution’ theories. At the end, it deals with the critics of Zerillli about the universalistic feminist theories and shows the affiliation of Fraser with pragmatism

o esporte de alta performance é uma das poucas atividades das sociedadescontemporâneas na qual tanto espectadores quanto atletas podem xingar o adversário, desejar que lhes ocorram as piores coisas, sem se sentir culpados. O esporte é, portanto, um local especial em que a busca pela excelência não vem seguida pela exigência altruísta moral de respeito pelo outro. O que explicaria o fascínio pelos esportes seria essa possibilidade de elogiarmos sem culpa o uso da força e da coragem? Os atletas e os fãs do esporte guardam, é claro, em regra, a devida distância emocional dos acontecimentos. Sem essa distância emocional o evento esportivo deixaria de ser espetáculo e transformar-se-ia em conflito abertothe sports of high performance is one of the few activities in today’s societies in which both spectators and athletes can bad mouthing ones opponent without feeling guilty about that. Professional Sports constitutes a special place where the search for excellence is not followed by an altruistic and moral demand of respect towards others. What would explain today’s fascination of sports would be this possibility of experiencing ‘noble’ values, that is, the possibility of praising the exhibition of force and courage without feeling guilty about that? Athletes and fans keep the right emotional distance from the events. Without such emotional distance the sport event would be no more an exhibition to be an open conflict