Richard Rorty’s Social Hope and Community Literacy

Community Literacy Journal Apr 2009 OA PDF

Richard Rorty’s Social Hope and Community Literacy

Thomas A. Deans

Abstract

This essay explores how the philosophical tradition of American pragmatism, especially Richard Rorty’s work on social hope late in his career, could be relevant to community literacy. Pragmatism does not prescribe a particular approach to community literacy but, unlike many kinds of critical pedagogy, affirms a role for patriotism and liberalism in social change movements. Pragmatists such as Rorty prefer cooperative participation and incremental reform to either idealism or ideological critique.

Journal: Community Literacy Journal
Published: 2009-04-01
DOI: 10.25148/clj.3.2.009466
Open Access: OA PDF Bronze
Topics: community literacy

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