Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome
The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Stanley Cavell | ISBN: | 9780226417141 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | January 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stanley Cavell |
| ISBN: | 9780226417141 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | January 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another.
"Cavell's 'readings' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer a vision of what life can be and what culture can mean. . . . These profound lectures are a wonderful place to make [Cavell's] acquaintance."—Hilary Putnam
In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another.
"Cavell's 'readings' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer a vision of what life can be and what culture can mean. . . . These profound lectures are a wonderful place to make [Cavell's] acquaintance."—Hilary Putnam
