Stanley Cavell: Philosophy's Recounting of the Ordinary

by Stephen Mulhall

Book Overview

This is the first full-length philosophical study of the work of Stanley Cavell, best known for his seminal contributions to the fields of film studies, Shakespearian literary criticism, and the confluence of psychoanalysis and literary theory. It is not fully appreciated that Cavell's project originated in his interpretation of Austin's and Wittgenstein's ordinary-language philosophy and is given unity by an abiding concern with the nature and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198238509
• ISBN13: 9780198238508
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"