December 18, 1998

Richard Rorty's Latest Book Draws Fire From His Editor at Harvard; Journal Publishes Little-Known Works of Noted Authors

Richard Rorty must have known that his attack on the cultural left in Achieving Our Country (Harvard University Press, 1998) would be met with counter-fire. What he may not have expected was that his own editor at Harvard, Lindsay Waters, would be among those doing the firing.

In the new issue of the journal Transition, Mr. Waters pairs the Stanford University philosopher's book with an unlikely companion: