Maskulinizm, radykalna polityka i pożytek z wyobraźni: pragmatyzm a feminizm w ujęciu Richarda Rorty’ego
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2006
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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Masculinity, redical policy and merits of imagination: progmatism and feminism according to Richard Rorty
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The author devotes the present paper to Rorty’s statement that pragmatism offers
a significantly better support for the feminist movement than any version of metaphysical
philosophy. Thus the author is preoccupied with the issue of what tangible advantages
feminists might obtain (according to Rorty), if they refer to the rhetoric created
by American pragmatism in their disputes with their intellectual opponents and their
attempts to alter social reality. However, not all feminists will find the pragmatism promoted
by Rorty useful. For example, feminists operating within the framework of the
Catholic Church would certainly not be able to use it. The gap between this type of
spirituality and the proposals of American philosophers is too wide. What seems particularly
valuable in Rorty’s version of feminism (and what constitutes an integral part
of its neopragmatism) is a strong emphasis on the role of imagination opposed to analytical
reason, and the superiority of the former.
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2006, nr 1, s. 143-158.