From the Critique of the Enlightenment to the New Politics: Some Thoughts on Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty

Year 2013, Issue: 16, 175 - 192, 01.12.2013

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Abstract

This article deals with two authentic and different thinkers, Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty who have significant contribution to the field of political philosophy. Essentially these two thinkers have brought about different political and moral arguments. MacIntyre centralizes “virtue” by firmly criticizing liberal politics. Rorty on the other hand centralizes “irony” by inviting us to the recognition of our radical contingency. Within the imagination of Rorty there is no place for a substantive virtue, while he celebrates liberal politics. What makes two thinkers close is their critics against the Enlightenment philosophy. Here in this article together with their political and moral arguments as well as drawing upon their anti-Enlightenment perspectives, the possibilities of a new understanding of politics will be elaborated

Keywords

Alasdair MacIntyre, Richard Rorty, Virtue, Irony, Politics, Enlightenment

AYDINLANMA ELEŞTİRİSİNDEN YENİ BİR SİYASETE DOĞRU: ALASDAIR MACINTYRE VE RICHARD RORTY’Yİ BİRLİKTE DÜŞÜNMEK

Abstract

Bu makalede siyaset felsefesi alanında önemli katkıları bulunan iki özgün ve farklı düşünür, Alasdair MacIntyre ve Richard Rorty ele alınmaktadır. Bu iki düşünür esasen birbirine benzemez siyasi ve ahlaki argümanlar ortaya koymaktadırlar. MacIntyre “erdem” kavramını merkezileştirerek liberal siyasete eleştirel bir mesafe koymaktadır. Rorty ise “ironi” kavramını merkezileştirerek her birimizin radikal olumsallığımızı idrak etmemizi istemektedir. Rorty’nin tahayyülünde özcü bir erdem arayışına yer yoktur, liberal siyaset ise kutlanmaktadır. Ama iki düşünürü birleştiren Aydınlanma felsefesine yönelttikleri güçlü eleştirilerdir. Bu makalede bu eleştirilerden hareketle ve ortaya koydukları siyasi ve ahlaki argümanlarla birlikte yeni bir siyaset anlayışının imkanları ele alınacaktır

Keywords

Alasdair MacIntyre, Richard Rorty, Erdem, İroni, Siyaset, Aydınlanma

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