Abstract:Richard Rorty’s philosophy has two basic commitments: one to postmodernism and the other to liberalism. However, these commitments generate tension. As a postmodernist, he sharply criticizes the Enlightenment; as a liberal, he forcefully defends it. His postmodernist liberalism actually explains liberalism using irrationalism.
出版日期: 2008-09-05
引用本文:
. Postmodernist liberalism: A critique of Richard
Rorty’s political philosophy[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China - Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2008, 3(3): 455-463.
YAO Dazhi. Postmodernist liberalism: A critique of Richard
Rorty’s political philosophy. Front. Philos. China, 2008, 3(3): 455-463.