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Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary
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About Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, And The
Stanley Cavell is a leading figure in American philosophy and oneof the most exhilarating and wide-ranging intellectuals of ourtime. In this book Espen Hammer offers a lucid and thorough accountof the development of Cavell's work, from his early writings onordinary language philosophy and skepticism to his most recentcontributions to film studies, literary theory, romanticism,ethics, and politics.The book traces the many lines of skepticism occurring in Cavell'swork and shows how they amount to a rich and subtle picture ofhuman subjectivity. Hammer explores Cavell's passionate engagementwith Austin and Wittgenstein's visions of language, and hisuncovering of conceptions of the ordinary in Emerson and Thoreau.Central sections of the book are devoted to the tragic and thecomic as these modes of existence come into play in Shakespeare andHollywood cinematic drama. In elaborating Cavell's responses tothinkers such as Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida, the authorsituates Cavell's writing within the wider context of contemporarycontinental philosophy.Hammer clearly reveals the existential dimensions of Cavell'sthought. He argues that his variant of ordinary language philosophyis a vital stimulus to self-transformation in cognitive, aesthetic,ethical, and political domains, contributing significantly to arethinking of issues such as responsibility and autonomy, and therelationship between philosophy and literature. A critical introduction to the thought of an inordinately complexwriter, this book will be of great interest to students andscholars in philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory,comparative literature, and media and cultural studies.
