Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988University of Chicago Press, Jan 11, 2018 - 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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... 3 THE CONVERSATION OF JUSTICE Rawls and the Drama of Consent 101 Epilogue 127 Appendix A : Hope against Hope 129 Appendix B : A Cover Letter 139 Bibliography 143 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The numbered chapters to follow , more Contents.
... 3 THE CONVERSATION OF JUSTICE Rawls and the Drama of Consent 101 Epilogue 127 Appendix A : Hope against Hope 129 Appendix B : A Cover Letter 139 Bibliography 143 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The numbered chapters to follow , more Contents.
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... Rawls's A Theory of Justice — which was to play a decisive part in shaping the course - takes its Nietzsche citations . The re- sults , as sketched in Lecture 1 , which I gathered surprised Conant as much as they did me , are ones he is ...
... Rawls's A Theory of Justice — which was to play a decisive part in shaping the course - takes its Nietzsche citations . The re- sults , as sketched in Lecture 1 , which I gathered surprised Conant as much as they did me , are ones he is ...
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... Rawls's work as well as out of the sense of fruitfulness , I think I may say , he has found for his complex project of work in moments of my own ) , mapped out a geography of the kinds of work Rawls's book had effected and was affecting ...
... Rawls's work as well as out of the sense of fruitfulness , I think I may say , he has found for his complex project of work in moments of my own ) , mapped out a geography of the kinds of work Rawls's book had effected and was affecting ...
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... Rawls's work , technical matters in the theory of rational choice come after , as it were , the intuitive motivation and systematic struc- ture of the theory are in place , as forms of clarification or mathema- ticization of the ideas ...
... Rawls's work , technical matters in the theory of rational choice come after , as it were , the intuitive motivation and systematic struc- ture of the theory are in place , as forms of clarification or mathema- ticization of the ideas ...
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... Rawls , fol- lows Rawls in taking perfectionism as a teleological doctrine , and since this is something I question from the beginning in taking ex- ception to Rawls's characterization of the principle of perfection , it did not seem to ...
... Rawls , fol- lows Rawls in taking perfectionism as a teleological doctrine , and since this is something I question from the beginning in taking ex- ception to Rawls's characterization of the principle of perfection , it did not seem to ...
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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