Postmodernist liberalism: A critique of Richard
Rorty’s political philosophy

YAO Dazhi

doi:10.1007/s11466-008-0029-3

Front. Philos. China ›› 2008, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3) : 455 -463. DOI: 10.1007/s11466-008-0029-3

Postmodernist liberalism: A critique of Richard Rorty’s political philosophy

YAO Dazhi

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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.

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Richard Rorty / political philosophy / postmodernism / liberalism & / #8220 / Problem-Plutocrats& / #8221

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YAO Dazhi. Postmodernist liberalism: A critique of Richard Rorty’s political philosophy. Front. Philos. China, 2008, 3(3): 455-463 DOI:10.1007/s11466-008-0029-3