Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome

The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988

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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

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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

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