Synopses & Reviews
This volume comprises a number of letters between author Anindita Niyogi Balslev and philosopher Richard Rorty. The letters explore ways to generate a creative and critical crosscultural discourse not only by challenging stereotypes about cultures and subcultures in general and traditions of thought in particular, but by being careful not to abolish the common ground on which stereotypes can be addressed.
Review
"In the preface to this candid and useful exchange of letters with Richard Rorty, Anindita Balslev makes cogent and well-observed criticisms of Eurocentric philosophical institutions, suggesting ways of moving beyond them without falling into a politics of identity. The letters that follow are a fine example of what they advocate--genuine dialogue between real interlocutors, and not fantasies of what some 'other' might say."--Cleo McNelly Kearns, Rutgers University
"In the preface to this candid and useful exchange of letters with Richard Rorty, Anindita Balslev makes cogent and well-observed criticisms of Eurocentric philosophical institutions, suggesting ways of moving beyond them without falling into a politics of identity. The letters that follow are a fine example of what they advocate--genuine dialogue between real interlocutors, and not fantasies of what some 'other' might say."--Cleo McNelly Kearns, Rutgers University
About the Author
Anindita Niyogi Balslev is Professor in the Department of Education, Philosophy, and Rhetoric at the University of Copenhagen.