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

by Stanley Cavell

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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' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer a vision...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226098214

ISBN13:9780226098210

Release Date:January 1991

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:163 Pages

Weight:3.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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