• What Is Bourgeois Liberalism

• Part of the book series (LAPS, volume 31) Abstract Richard Rorty, it has been recently asserted, is the most influential thinker in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy (Haber 1994, p.7). Richard Rorty is also an imperialist. He claims dominion for a new postmodern bourgeois liberalism. According to Rorty, postmodern bourgeois liberalism represents another generation in a genealogy which begins with Kant and then moves through Heidegger, sprouts illegitimate offspring in the likes of Foucault and Derrida, and then comes to rest with the liberal ironist like himself. More than this, Rorty claims dominion for postmodern bourgeois liberalism over a number of other political philosophers including John Rawls and Roberto Unger. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the nature of this particular genealogy and to assess the validity of Rorty’s dominion.

What Is Bourgeois Liberalism

158 • Volume XIX, Nos. 1 and 2, 2006 George Bragues Richard Rorty’s Postmodern Case for Liberal Democracy: A Critique George Bragues University of Guelph–Humber. Rorty Postmodern Bourgeois Liberalism Pdf Free. Some files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF. Most precious blood nothing in vain zip. It is a detailed social history of the development of the bourgeois. Rorty’s Postmodern Case for Liberal Democracy HUMANITAS • 163 Lyotard, Foucault, Habermas, Rawls, Kuhn, Derrida, and, lest we forget his biggest hero, Dewey.