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Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 (2nd edition)

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Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 - Cavell, Stanley
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In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. "Cavell's 'readings' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer a vision of what life can be and what culture can mean...These profound lectures are a ...

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Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism 2000, Open Court

ISBN-13: 9780812691498

Hardcover

Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 1991, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226098210

2nd edition

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Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 1991, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226098203

Hardcover