Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty

Rorty invites us to abandon the belief that moral foundationalism of a universalist nature is useful for the moral progress of our societies. Instead, he suggests that post-modern secular liberalism and solidarity, understood as a local identification process and not as a universally binding princip...

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Main Author: Santiago De Zubiría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2013-08-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Sociales
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Online Access:http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/848/index.php?id=848
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description Rorty invites us to abandon the belief that moral foundationalism of a universalist nature is useful for the moral progress of our societies. Instead, he suggests that post-modern secular liberalism and solidarity, understood as a local identification process and not as a universally binding principle, should be the axes of such progress. The present article will 1) clarify the redescription of solidarity made by Rorty, 2) show how such contingent redescription ends up being more useful for the attaining of solidarity that the foundationalist view, and 3) suggest an interpretation from which the self-empowerment between his notion of liberalism and the redescription of the concept of solidarity can be made evident.
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spelling doaj.art-083629396fbc4492bbafa2eb8e6fcf6a2022-12-21T17:58:53ZengUniversidad de los AndesRevista de Estudios Sociales0123-885X1900-51802013-08-01463142http://dx.doi.org/10.7440/res46.2013.04Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard RortySantiago De ZubiríaRorty invites us to abandon the belief that moral foundationalism of a universalist nature is useful for the moral progress of our societies. Instead, he suggests that post-modern secular liberalism and solidarity, understood as a local identification process and not as a universally binding principle, should be the axes of such progress. The present article will 1) clarify the redescription of solidarity made by Rorty, 2) show how such contingent redescription ends up being more useful for the attaining of solidarity that the foundationalist view, and 3) suggest an interpretation from which the self-empowerment between his notion of liberalism and the redescription of the concept of solidarity can be made evident.http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/848/index.php?id=848Rortyliberalismsolidarityfoundationalismliteratureredescription.
spellingShingle Santiago De Zubiría
Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
Revista de Estudios Sociales
Rorty
liberalism
solidarity
foundationalism
literature
redescription.
title Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
title_full Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
title_fullStr Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
title_full_unstemmed Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
title_short Hacia una visión no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad: liberalismo y solidaridad en Richard Rorty
title_sort hacia una vision no fundacionalista del concepto de solidaridad liberalismo y solidaridad en richard rorty
topic Rorty
liberalism
solidarity
foundationalism
literature
redescription.
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