Themes Out Of School: Effects And Causes
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What happens when one of America's most formidable philosophical minds turns his attention to the intersections of culture, education, and the examined life? Stanley Cavell's Themes Out of School: Effects and Causes presents a rich and provocative collection of essays that range across film, literature, music, and moral philosophy, arguing that the act of serious thinking is itself a form of cultural intervention. With characteristic wit and intellectual rigor, Cavell challenges the boundaries of academic discourse, insisting that philosophy must be willing to engage with the textures of ordinary life — from the Hollywood screwball comedy to the writings of Emerson and Thoreau. Cavell's prose is at once demanding and deeply personal, weaving together strands of analytic philosophy, literary criticism, and autobiography into a seamless whole. His method — sometimes called Emersonian perfectionism — instructs readers to see themselves as perpetually unfinished moral projects, always capable of a further self. Themes Out of School stands as a testament to Cavell's conviction that philosophy, properly understood, is never truly confined to the classroom — and the most unsettling lessons are always the ones we least expected to receive.
Author: Stanley Cavell
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, University of Chicago Press
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when one of America's most formidable philosophical minds turns his attention to the intersections of culture, education, and the examined life? Stanley Cavell's Themes Out of School: Effects and Causes presents a rich and provocative collection of essays that range across film, literature, music, and moral philosophy, arguing that the act of serious thinking is itself a form of cultural intervention. With characteristic wit and intellectual rigor, Cavell challenges the boundaries of academic discourse, insisting that philosophy must be willing to engage with the textures of ordinary life — from the Hollywood screwball comedy to the writings of Emerson and Thoreau. Cavell's prose is at once demanding and deeply personal, weaving together strands of analytic philosophy, literary criticism, and autobiography into a seamless whole. His method — sometimes called Emersonian perfectionism — instructs readers to see themselves as perpetually unfinished moral projects, always capable of a further self. Themes Out of School stands as a testament to Cavell's conviction that philosophy, properly understood, is never truly confined to the classroom — and the most unsettling lessons are always the ones we least expected to receive.