Crary, Alice
Reading Cavell
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415346399
- author:
- Crary, Alice
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 156mm X 234mm
- Genre:
- Philosophy: aesthetics
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Stanley Cavell is one of the world's most influential philosophers, alongside Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam and Jacques Derrida. This collection explores his work, which spans a wide range of interests including Wittgenstein, scepticism, philosophy of art and film, Shakespeare, and philosophy of mind and language. Cavell's writing also covers the American thinkers Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. With contributions from leading scholars Hilary Putnam, Cora Diamond, Jim Conant and Stephen Mulhall, this book is a valuable resource for libraries and students of philosophy.
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