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44 produkter
The Claim of Reason
Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy
Häftad, 1999
1134 kr
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This reissue of an American philosophical classic includes a new preface by Cavell, in which he discusses the work's reception and influence. The work fosters a fascinating relationship between philosophy and literature both by augmenting his philosophical discussions with examples from literature …
Disowning Knowledge
In Seven Plays of Shakespeare
Inbunden, 2003
1760 kr
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Reissued with a new essay on Macbeth this famous collection of essays on Shakespeare's tragedies considers these plays as responses to the crisis of knowledge and the emergence of modern skepticism provoked by the new science of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Emerson's Transcendental Etudes
Av Stanley Cavell, David Justin Hodge
Häftad, 2003
379 kr
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This book is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. Over the past thirty years, Cavell has demonstrated that he is the most emphatic and provocative philosophical critic of Emerson that America has yet known. The sustained effort of that labor is drawn together here for the first time …
Philosophical Passages
Wittgenstein, Emerson, Austin, Derrida
Häftad, 1994
664 kr
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In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations .
Must We Mean What We Say?
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 2015
1413 kr
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In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' …
Here and There
Sites of Philosophy
Av Stanley Cavell, Nancy Bauer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
263 kr
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The first posthumous collection from the writings of Stanley Cavell, shedding new light on the distinctive vision and intellectual trajectory of an influential American philosopher.For Stanley Cavell, philosophy was a matter of responding to the voices of others. Throughout his career, he …
Pitch of Philosophy
Autobiographical Exercises
Häftad, 1996
338 kr
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This book is an invitation to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it and as Stanley Cavell now lives it—in all its topographical ambiguity. Cavell talks about his vocation in connection with what he calls voice—the tone of philosophy—and his right to take that tone, …
Little Did I Know
Excerpts from Memory
Inbunden, 2010
409 kr
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An autobiography in the form of a philosophical diary, Little Did I Know's underlying motive is to describe the events of a life that produced the kind of writing associated with Stanley Cavell's name. Cavell recounts his journey from early childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, through musical studies at …
Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow
Häftad, 2006
298 kr
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Nietzsche characterized the philosopher as the man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow--a description befitting Stanley Cavell, with his longtime interest in freedom in the face of an uncertain future. This interest, particularly in the role of language in freedom of the will, is fully engaged …
This New Yet Unapproachable America
Lectures after Emerson after Wittgenstein
Häftad, 2013
229 kr
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Stanley Cavell is a titan of the academic world; his work in aesthetics and philosophy has shaped both fields in the United States over the past forty years. In this brief yet enlightening collection of lectures, Cavell investigates the work of two of his most tried-and-true subjects: Emerson and …
Contesting Tears
The Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman
Häftad, 1997
299 kr
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Stanley Cavell identified a genre of classic American films that engaged these questions in his study of comedies of remarriage, "Pursuits of Happiness". With "Contesting Tears", Cavell demonstrates that a contrasting genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," shares a surprising …
Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome
The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988
Häftad, 1991
324 kr
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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' …
Cities of Words
Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life
Häftad, 2005
298 kr
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Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this distance step by practical step is the …
Claim of Reason
Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy
E-bok, 1999
679 kr
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This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell''s landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.
Claim of Reason
Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy
E-bok, 1999
603 kr
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This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell''s landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.
Senses of Walden
An Expanded Edition
E-bok, 2013
564 kr
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Stanley Cavell , one of America''s most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden , a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson.
Themes out of School
Effects and Causes
Häftad, 1988
265 kr
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In the first essay of this book, Stanley Cavell characterizes philosophy as a "willingness to think not about something other than what ordinary human beings think about, but rather to learn to think undistractedly about things that ordinary human beings cannot help thinking about, or anyway cannot …
Senses of Walden
An Expanded Edition
Häftad, 1992
293 kr
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Stanley Cavell, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden, a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson.
In Quest of the Ordinary
Lines of Skepticism and Romanticism
Häftad, 1994
299 kr
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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 …
In Quest of the Ordinary
Lines of Skepticism and Romanticism
E-bok, 2018
569 kr
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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 …
Philosophy and Animal Life
Av Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
247 kr
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Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with "The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy," in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, …
Disowning Knowledge
In Seven Plays of Shakespeare
Häftad, 2003
351 kr
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Reissued with a new essay on Macbeth this famous collection of essays on Shakespeare's tragedies considers these plays as responses to the crisis of knowledge and the emergence of modern skepticism provoked by the new science of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Pursuits of Happiness
The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
Häftad, 1984
330 kr
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During the ’30s and ’40s, Hollywood produced a genre of madcap comedies that emphasized reuniting the central couple after divorce or separation. Their female protagonists were strong, independent, and sophisticated. Here, Stanley Cavell names this new genre of American film—“the comedy of …
World Viewed
Reflections on the Ontology of Film, Enlarged Edition
Häftad, 1979
414 kr
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Stanley Cavell looks closely at America's most popular art and our perceptions of it. His explorations of Hollywood's stars, directors, and most famous films—as well as his fresh look at Godard, Bergman, and other great European directors—will be of lasting interest to movie-viewers and intelligent …
Emerson's Transcendental Etudes
Av Stanley Cavell, David Justin Hodge
Inbunden, 2003
1568 kr
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This book is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. Over the past thirty years, Cavell has demonstrated that he is the most emphatic and provocative philosophical critic of Emerson that America has yet known. The sustained effort of that labor is drawn together here for the first time …
Little Did I Know
Excerpts from Memory
E-bok, 2010
625 kr
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An autobiography in the form of a philosophical diary, Little Did I Know's underlying motive is to describe the events of a life that produced the kind of writing associated with Stanley Cavell's name. Cavell recounts his journey from early childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, through musical studies at …
Must We Mean What We Say?
A Book of Essays
E-bok, 2002
473 kr
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Reissued with an additional preface to sit alongside the volume on Stanley Cavell in Contemporary Philosophy in Focus this famous collection of essays covers a remarkably wide range of philosophical issues (there are essays on Wittgenstein, Austin, Kierkegaard, and the philosophy of language) and …
Must We Mean What We Say?
A Book of Essays
E-bok, 2002
463 kr
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Reissued with an additional preface to sit alongside the volume on Stanley Cavell in Contemporary Philosophy in Focus this famous collection of essays covers a remarkably wide range of philosophical issues (there are essays on Wittgenstein, Austin, Kierkegaard, and the philosophy of language) and …
Must We Mean What We Say?
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2015
321 kr
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In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' …
Disowning Knowledge
In Seven Plays of Shakespeare
E-bok, 2003
422 kr
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Reissued with a new essay on Macbeth this famous collection of essays on Shakespeare''s tragedies considers these plays as responses to the crisis of knowledge and the emergence of modern skepticism provoked by the new science of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
