Derrida and Austin
Stanley Cavell(Author)
Blackwell Publishers
Published on 27. November 1994
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-631-19269-5 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary American philosopher, Stanley Cavell, has often returned to Emerson and Wittgenstein in his determination to recover vital links between American and European philosophy. In this collection of his writings, Cavell provides careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J.L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations". The reading of "Fate" continues Cavell's investigation of Emerson's concept of thinking, which he began in the first chapter of "Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome". The reply to Derrida's remarks on Austin not only places Austin's theory of performative utterances in the context of his other writing but also recalls Austin's importance as a teacher and as an early influence on Cavell. "Notes on the Opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations" provides the opportunity of witnessing Cavell in the act of teaching a philosophical text.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19269-5 (9780631192695)
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Content
1. Emerson's Constitutional Amending: Reading Emerson's "Fate". 2. What Did Derrida Want of Austin? 3. Seminar on "What Did Derrida Want of Austin?" 4. The Self of Philosophy: An Interview with Stanley Cavell 5. Notes and Afterthoughts on the Opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations. Stanley Cavell: A Working Bibliography, 1951-1994.