Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988In 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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... CONDITIONS HANDSOME AND UNHANDSOME The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism The Carus Lectures , 1988 STANLEY CAVELL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press , Chicago 60637 The University.
... CONDITIONS HANDSOME AND UNHANDSOME The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism The Carus Lectures , 1988 STANLEY CAVELL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press , Chicago 60637 The University.
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... Press , Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press , Ltd. , London Open Court , La Salle , Illinois © 1990 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved . Published 1990 Printed in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 543 ...
... Press , Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press , Ltd. , London Open Court , La Salle , Illinois © 1990 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved . Published 1990 Printed in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 543 ...
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... press , versions of a number of the lectures of which were delivered and modified in and by Jerusalem . I think immediately of my other colleagues in the re- search group at the Institute - Geoffrey Hartman , the late Dan Pagis ...
... press , versions of a number of the lectures of which were delivered and modified in and by Jerusalem . I think immediately of my other colleagues in the re- search group at the Institute - Geoffrey Hartman , the late Dan Pagis ...
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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