In Quest of the Ordinary
Lines of Skepticism and Romanticism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Modern
| Author: | Stanley Cavell | ISBN: | 9780226417288 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | June 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stanley Cavell |
| ISBN: | 9780226417288 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | June 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
These lectures by one of the most influential and original philosophers of the twentieth century constitute a sustained argument for the philosophical basis of romanticism, particularly in its American rendering. Through his examination of such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, Stanley Cavell shows that romanticism and American transcendentalism represent a serious philosophical response to the challenge of skepticism that underlies the writings of Wittgenstein and Austin on ordinary language.
These lectures by one of the most influential and original philosophers of the twentieth century constitute a sustained argument for the philosophical basis of romanticism, particularly in its American rendering. Through his examination of such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, Stanley Cavell shows that romanticism and American transcendentalism represent a serious philosophical response to the challenge of skepticism that underlies the writings of Wittgenstein and Austin on ordinary language.
