Confucian response to Rorty’s postmodern bourgeois liberal idea of community
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
5-2009
Abstract
Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism offers a fascinating conversation between Confucianism, historically the dominant tradition in Chinese thought and society, and the contemporary philosophy of Richard Rorty. Well aware that his philosophical hero, John Dewey, has had a lasting influence among Chinese intellectuals, Rorty expressed a wish that his own books, which have been rapidly translated into Chinese, be read as an updated version of Dewey’s philosophy. In this book, twelve authors engage Rorty’s thought in a hermeneutic dialogue with Confucianism, using Confucianism to interpret and reconstruct Rorty while exploring such topics as human nature, moral psychology, moral relativism, moral progress, democracy, tradition, moral metaphysics, and religiosity. Rorty himself provides a detailed reply to each author.
Discipline
Arts and Humanities
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism
Editor
Huang Yong
ISBN
9780791476833
Publisher
State University of New York Press
City or Country
Albany
Citation
TAN, Sor-hoon. (2009). Confucian response to Rorty’s postmodern bourgeois liberal idea of community. In Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism (pp. ). Albany: State University of New York Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2591