Stanley Cavell and Literary Studies Consequences of Skepticism [Paperback]

Arguably no other living philosopher has done as much as Stanley Cavell to show the common cause shared by literature and philosophy.Stanley Cavell and Literary Studiesis not only timely but, indeed, long past due. As the discipline of literary studies struggles to move beyond the suspicious skepticisms and anti-humanisms that have dominated the field, but without lapsing into sentimentality and na?vet?, Cavell's writings and ideas will only become more pertinent.

Richard Eldridge is the Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College, PA, USA. He is the author and editor of numerous books in philosophy and literature, including, as editor, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature (OUP, 2009) and Stanley Cavell (CUP, 2003, 2008), and as author, Literature, Life, and Modernity (Columbia University Press, 2008), An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (CUP, 2004), On Moral Personhood: Philosophy, Literature, Criticism, and Self-Understanding (University of Chicago Press,1989), and Leading a Human Life: Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Romanticism (University of Chicago Press, 1997).

Bernard Rhie is Associate Professor of English at Williams College, USA.

Notes on ContributorsAbbreviations1. Introduction: Cavell, Literary Studies, and the Human Subject: Consequences of Skepticism Richard Eldridge and Bernard RhieI. Principles2. The Adventure of Reading: Literature and Philosophy, Cavell and Beauvoir Toril Moi3. Is Us' Me? Cultural Studies and the Universality of Aesthetic Judgments R. M. Berry4. Cavell and Kant: The Work of Criticism and the Work of Art Anthony J. Cascardi5. Cavell and Wittgenstein on Morality: The Limits of Acknowledgment Charles Altieri6. The Word Viewed: Skepticism Degree Zero Garrett Stewart7. A Storied World: On Meeting and Being Met Naomi Scheman8. Skepticism and the Idea of an Other: Reflections on Cavell and Postcolonialism Simona Bertacco and John Gil�'