Pragmatism and Continental Philosophy

Giladi, Paul

Abstract

My aim in this chapter to provide an overview of three principal philosophical themes that bring pragmatism and a variety of positions in continental post-Kantian European philosophy directly into conversation: (I) Max Horkheimer’s and Antonio Gramsci’s hostility to pragmatism; (II) Richard Rorty’s critique of metaphysics and its relationship with (a) Jean-François Lyotard’s rejection of ‘metanarratives’ and (b) Jürgen Habermas’s G. H. Mead-inspired notion of postmetaphysical thought; and (III) Rorty’s exaltation of the ‘strong poet’ and its relation with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s personnage conceptuel.

Citation

Giladi, P. (2022). Pragmatism and Continental Philosophy. In S. F. Aikin, & R. B. Talisse (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315149592-24

• Acceptance Date: Jul 4, 2022
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 7, 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Series Title: Routledge Philosophy Companions
• Series ISSN: 2691-6266
• Book Title: The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism
• ISBN: 9781138555518
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315149592-24