Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow
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Nietzsche characterized the philosopher as the man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow--a description befitting Stanley Cavell, with his longtime interest in freedom in the face of an uncertain future. This interest, particularly in the role of language in freedom of the will, is fully engaged in this volume, a collection of retrospective and forward-thinking essays on performative language and on performances in which the question of freedom is the underlying concern.Seeking for philosophy the same spirit and assurance conveyed by an artist like Fred Astaire, Cavell presents essays that explore the meaning of grace and gesture in film and on stage, in language and in life. Cavell's range is broad--from Astaire to Shakespeare's soulful Cordelia. He also analyzes filmic gestures that bespeak racial stereotypes, opening a key topic that runs through the book: What is the nature of praise? The theme of aesthetic judgment, viewed in the light of "passionate utterance, " is everywhere evident in Cavell's effort to provoke a renaissance in American thought. Critical to such a rebirth is a recognition of the centrality of the "ordinary" to American life. Here Cavell, who has alluded to Thoreau throughout, takes up the quintessential American philosopher directly, and in relation to Heidegger; he also returns to his great philosophical love, Wittgenstein. His collection of essays ends, appropriately enough, with an essay on collecting.

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Publisher
Belknap Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780674260733
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. Something Out of the Ordinary
  8. Chapter 2. The Interminable Shakespearean Text
  9. Chapter 3. Fred Astaire Asserts the Right to Praise
  10. Chapter 4. Henry James Returns to America and to Shakespeare
  11. Chapter 5. Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow
  12. Chapter 6. What Is the Scandal of Skepticism?
  13. Chapter 7. Performative and Passionate Utterance
  14. Chapter 8. The Wittgensteinian Event
  15. Chapter 9. Thoreau Thinks of Ponds, Heidegger of Rivers
  16. Chapter 10. The World as Things
  17. Works Cited
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Index