Rorty's Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism: an Idealist Liberalism
Rorty's Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism: an Idealist Liberalism
Author(s): Mihaela CabuleaSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Richard Rorty's; ideal citizen; ideal society; ethnocentrism; liberalism; irony
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a thorough analysis of Richard Rorty's vision of the ideal citizen and the ideal society, based on three basic concepts: ethnocentrism, liberalism, and irony. The author of the article examines Rorty's understanding of these three concepts and the way he interrelates them, offering not only a depiction of his liberal utopia, but also a critical view upon it.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Studia Europaea
- Issue Year: 45/2000
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 47-62
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
