%0 Journal Article
%T Some Useful Lessons from Richard Rorty¡¯s Political Philosophy for Philippine Postcolonialism
%A F. P. A. Demeterio
%J Kritike : an Online Journal of Philosophy
%D 2008
%I kritike.org
%X In this this paper, I will attempt to extract some insights from Rorty¡¯s neo-pragmatic political philosophy with the aim of enriching and fortifying our local postcolonial projects by giving justice to their agenda and methods, critiquing their current status, and providing them a clearer sense of direction and vision. As a preliminary step in order to accomplish this core task this paper would take a look at three things: 1) the main tenets of Rorty¡¯s political philosophy; 2) the highlights of Philippine post-colonial researches and theorizations; and 3) the epistemological, political, directional and modal difficulties encountered by these local post-colonial projects.
%K Philippine postcolonial discourse
%K neo-pragmatism
%K Richard Rorty
%U http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_4/demeterio_december2008.pdf