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1、DefendingRortyPragmatismandLiberalVirtueLiberaldemocracyneedsaclear-eyed,robustdefensetodealwiththeincreasinglycomplexchallengesitfacesinthetwenty-firstcentury.Unfortunately,muchofcontemporaryliberaltheoryhasrejectedthisendeavorforfearofappearingculturallyhegemonic.Ins
2、tead,liberaltheoristshavesoughttogutliberalismofitsethicalsubstanceinordertorenderitmoretolerantofnonliberalwaysoflife.Thistheoreticaleffortismisguided,however,becausesuccessfulliberaldemocracyisanethicallydemandingpoliticalregimethatrequiresitscitizenrytodisplaycerta
3、invirtuesandhabitsofmind.Againstthegrainofcontemporarytheory,philosopherRichardRortyblendsAmericanpragmatismandromanticismtoproduceacomprehensivevisionofliberalmodernitythatfeaturesavirtue-basedconceptionofliberaldemocracy.Indoingso,Rortydefendshispragmaticliberalisma
4、gainstahostofnotableinterlocutors,includingCharlesTaylor,NancyFraser,HilaryPutnam,RichardJ.Bernstein,andJeanBethkeElshtain.WilliamM.CurtisisAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofPortland,whereheteachespoliticaltheory,historyofpoliticalthought,andconstit
5、utionallaw.Hisresearchfocusesonliber-alism,pragmatism,andthenormativechallengesofmodernity.Hehaspublishedworkonliberaltheory,CharlesTaylor,andRichardRorty.DefendingRortyPragmatismandLiberalVirtueWILLIAMM.CURTISUniversityofPortland32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-
6、2473,usaCambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitofeducation,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.www.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9
7、781107109858CWilliamM.Curtis2015Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished2015PrintedintheUn
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