RORTY ON POLITICS, CULTURE, AND PHILOSOPHY: A DEFENCE OF HIS ROMANTICISM
RORTY ON POLITICS, CULTURE, AND PHILOSOPHY: A DEFENCE OF HIS ROMANTICISM
Author(s): Miklós NyírőSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Slovenská Akadémia Vied - Kabinet výskumu sociálnej a biologickej komunikácie
Keywords: Crisis of contemporary liberal democracies; romanticism; historicism; cultural politics.
Summary/Abstract: Rorty’s historicist romanticism is a peculiar and oft criticized feature of his neopragmatism. I attempt to show that it should be regarded not so much as a more or less exceptionable philosophical approach, but rather, as a practice in ‘cultural politics’—which is his ultimate definition for philosophy—prompted by his acute political concerns and his views on the nature of moral progress.
Journal: Human Affairs
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 60-67
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English