Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988

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University of Chicago Press, Jan 11, 2018 - Philosophy - 163 pages
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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Contents

Staying the Course
1
Emersonian Representations in Heidegger and Nietzsche
33
Scenes of Instruction in Wittgenstein and in Kripke
64
Rawls and the Drama of Consent
101
Epilogue
127
Hope against Hope
129
A Cover Letter
139
Bibliography
143
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Stanley Cavell teaches philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of In Quest of the Ordinary, This New Yet Unapproachable America, and Themes Out of School, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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