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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... let us say , formal intimacy of relationship demanded by improvisation to have a per- fectionism structure . And thinking of Eli Friedlander's work on Kant's Third Critique , in which he relates Emersonian Perfec- tionism to Kant's ...
... let us say , formal intimacy of relationship demanded by improvisation to have a per- fectionism structure . And thinking of Eli Friedlander's work on Kant's Third Critique , in which he relates Emersonian Perfec- tionism to Kant's ...
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... let us say , vul- garity ( it may be called obscenity , or unnaturalness , or superstition , or irreverence ) ; it directs its judgment rather against the point at which justice takes up its sword , the point at which the ideal theory ...
... let us say , vul- garity ( it may be called obscenity , or unnaturalness , or superstition , or irreverence ) ; it directs its judgment rather against the point at which justice takes up its sword , the point at which the ideal theory ...
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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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