> He then conflates his idea of liberalism with liberal politics
Yeah, but I don't think it's as simple as that. Rorty's politics consist of
a kind of "principled fuzziness." It's not so much that he thinks that
liberal politics is the standard by which everything should be evaluated,
but that we have to work for a brighter, more vital future.
I think you'll agree with Rorty that working to eradicate racial, sexual,
gender, and class oppression sounds like a good plan for our future. I think
Rorty's public/private distinction just amounts to saying that, for example,
Nietzsche's inegalitarianism doesn't necessarily mean that hierarchy is
"good." Didn't Nietzsche himself say (in WTP?) that his work is "for
thinkers, and thinkers only?"
~Nate
Yeah, but I don't think it's as simple as that. Rorty's politics consist of
a kind of "principled fuzziness." It's not so much that he thinks that
liberal politics is the standard by which everything should be evaluated,
but that we have to work for a brighter, more vital future.
I think you'll agree with Rorty that working to eradicate racial, sexual,
gender, and class oppression sounds like a good plan for our future. I think
Rorty's public/private distinction just amounts to saying that, for example,
Nietzsche's inegalitarianism doesn't necessarily mean that hierarchy is
"good." Didn't Nietzsche himself say (in WTP?) that his work is "for
thinkers, and thinkers only?"
~Nate