Introduction
1. Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty on Irony
Lear's Case for Irony
Rorty on Irony, Contingency, and Liberalism
Some Questions Concerning Lear and Rorty
2. What is Socratic Irony?
Gregory Vlastos: Socratic Irony as Complex Irony
Alexander Nehamas: Socratic Irony as Silence
Vlastos and Nehamas: Productive Tensions
3. Søren Kierkegaard: Irony and Ethical Passion
Irony as Infinite Absolute Negativity
Moving Beyond "Pure Irony"
4. Irony, Philosophy, and Living a Human Life
The Art of Living
Why Irony Matters
Notes
References
Name Index
Subject Index
Richard Bernstein is Vera List Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York.
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