Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2011

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-90000186

Abstract

This paper examines Rorty's notion of philosophy as cultural politics. Highlighting its explicitly Deweyan origins, I trace this idea to Rorty's call in the 1970s for philosophers to be more involved in the cause of enlarging human freedom. Rorty brings philosophy into his project of expanding the conversation beyond the West to include excluded voices through literature and narrative. After underscoring Rorty's important contributions, I argue that rather than merely assimilating non-Western voices to "our" conversation, cultural politics demands that privileged philosophers start joining the conversations of others. Editions Rodopi © 2011.

Publication

Contemporary Pragmatism

Volume

8

Issue

1

Pages

115-131

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

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