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

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