Rupture and Response—Rorty, Cavell, and Rancière on the Role of the Poetic Powers of Democratic Citizens in Overcoming Injustices and Oppression

In this paper, I discuss the importance of practices of disidentification and imagination for democratic progress and change. To this end, I bring together certain aspects of Stanley Cavell’s and Richard Rorty’s reflections on democracy, aesthetics, and morality with Jacques Rancière’s account of th...

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Main Author: Michael Räber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Philosophies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/8/4/62