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Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome and Emerson's Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 - Hardcover

 
9780226098203: Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome and Emerson's Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988

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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.

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In these lectures, Stanley 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.

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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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  • PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
  • Publication date1991
  • ISBN 10 0226098206
  • ISBN 13 9780226098203
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages120

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