You might also like

More about Stanley Cavell - Skepticism, Subjectivity and the Ordinary

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 69 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Stanley Cavell is a leading figure in American philosophy and one of the most exhilarating and wide--ranging intellectuals of our time. In this book Espen Hammer offers a lucid and thorough account of the development of Cavella s work, from his early writings on ordinary language philosophy and skepticism to his most recent contributions to film studies, literary theory, romanticism, ethics, and politics. The book traces the many lines of skepticism occurring in Cavella s work and shows how they amount to a rich and subtle picture of human subjectivity. Hammer explores Cavella s passionate engagement with Austin and Wittgensteina s visions of language, and his uncovering of conceptions of the ordinary in Emerson and Thoreau. Central sections of the book are devoted to the tragic and the comic as these modes of existence come into play in Shakespeare and Hollywood cinematic drama. In elaborating Cavella s responses to thinkers such as Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida, the author situates Cavella s writing within the wider context of contemporary continental philosophy. Hammer clearly reveals the existential dimensions of Cavella s thought. He argues that his variant of ordinary language philosophy is a vital stimulus to self--transformation in cognitive, aesthetic, ethical, and political domains, contributing significantly to a rethinking of issues such as responsibility and autonomy, and the relationship between philosophy and literature. A critical introduction to the thought of an inordinately complex writer, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory, comparative literature, and media and cultural studies.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Stanley Cavell - Skepticism, Subjectivity and the Ordinary
• Author: Espen Hammer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• EAN: 9780745623580
• ISBN: 0745623581
• ID: 04132063
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 324 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 229 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. February 2002

Trending among others

---

---

---