Emersons Transcendental Etudes: Hegel and the French Revolution by Stanley Cavel

Description: Emersons Transcendental Etudes by Stanley Cavell, David Justin Hodge This work is Stanley Cavells definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work is Stanley Cavells definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and the history of its emergence. Students and scholars working in philosophy, literature, American studies, history, film studies and political theory can now more easily access Cavells enduring work on Emerson. Such engagement should be further complemented by extensive indices and annotations. Back Cover "[A] challenging but endlessly and unpredictably rewarding book."-The Times Literary Supplement Flap This book is Stanley Cavells definitive expression on Emerson. Over the past thirty years, Cavell has demonstrated that he is the most emphatic and provocative philosophical critic of Emerson that America has yet known. The sustained effort of that labor is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and the history of its emergence. Students and scholars working in philosophy, literature, American studies, history, film studies, and political theory can now more easily access Cavells luminous and enduring work on Emerson. Such engagement should be further complemented by extensive indices and annotations. If we are still in doubt whether America has expressed itself philosophically, there is perhaps no better space for inquiry than reading Cavell reading Emerson. Author Biography Stanley Cavell is Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. The Claim of Reason (1979/1999), The World Viewed (1971/1979), and The Senses of Walden (1972/1981) are among his many celebrated works. David Justin Hodge, author of On Emerson (2002), teaches philosophy and rhetoric at Harvard University. Table of Contents @fmct:Contents @toc4:Authors Acknowledgementsi Editors Prefaceii Authors Introductionii @toc2:1Thinking of Emerson0 2An Emerson Mood00 3The Philosopher in American Life (Toward Thoreau and Emerson) 00 4Emerson, Coleridge, and Kant (Terms as Conditions)00 5Being Odd, Getting Even (Descartes, Emerson, Poe)000 6Finding as Founding: Taking Steps in Emersons "Experience" 000 7Staying the Course000 8Aversive Thinking: Emersonian Representations in Heidegger and Nietzsche000 9Epilogue000 10Hope Against Hope000 11A Cover Letter000 12What is the Emersonian Event? A Comment on Katebs Emerson 000 13Emersons Constitutional Amending: Reading "Fate"000 14Whats the Use of Calling Emerson a Pragmatist?000 15Henry James Reading Emerson Reading Shakespeare000 16Old and New in Emerson and Nietzsche000 @toc4:Index of Emerson Citations000 Endnotes000 Works Cited000 Selected Works by Stanley Cavell000 Selected Secondary Bibliography000 Name and Concept Index000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Criticism and interpretation, Transcendentalism (New England)Philosophy in literature Review "[A] challenging but endlessly and unpredictably rewarding book." - The Times Literary Supplement Long Description This book is Stanley Cavells definitive expression on Emerson. Over the past thirty years, Cavell has demonstrated that he is the most emphatic and provocative philosophical critic of Emerson that America has yet known. The sustained effort of that labor is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and the history of its emergence. Students and scholars working in philosophy, literature, American studies, history, film studies, and political theory can now more easily access Cavells luminous and enduring work on Emerson. Such engagement should be further complemented by extensive indices and annotations. If we are still in doubt whether America has expressed itself philosophically, there is perhaps no better space for inquiry than reading Cavell reading Emerson. Review Quote [A] challenging but endlessly and unpredictably rewarding book." Details ISBN0804745420 Author David Justin Hodge Short Title EMERSONS TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDES Pages 296 Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804745420 ISBN-13 9780804745420 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2003 Edition 1st Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Birth 1926 Illustrations black & white illustrations Edited by David Justin Hodge Subtitle Hegel and the French Revolution Series Cultural Memory in the Present DOI 10.1604/9780804745420 UK Release Date 2003-11-11 AU Release Date 2003-11-11 NZ Release Date 2003-11-11 US Release Date 2003-11-11 Publication Date 2003-11-11 Alternative 9780804745437 DEWEY 818.309 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159799596;

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