In Stephen Hicks book 'Explaining Postmodernism' he spends a lot of time attacking Rorty for his 'anti-realism'. Hicks is an anti-postmodernist and his book is an attack on postmodernism.

I think to put Rorty in context you need to explain the current backlash against postmodernity. You have to put writers like Rorty into context not just with modernism but also current post-postmodern thinking.