Becoming Who We Are: Politics and Practical Philosophy in the Work of Stanley Cavell

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017)
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'Becoming Who We Are' clarifies the political and existential aspects of Stanley Cavell's understanding of ordinary language and of skepticism, and shows the close connection between his reception of Kant, Heidegger, and Austin and his exploration of what Emersonian Perfectionism offers to democracy and modern life.

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B945.C274.N67 2017

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