This book explores the themes of seriousness and human voice in education, drawing on the work of the American philosopher Stanley Cavell.

Cavell's views on culture, the arts, politics, morality…

In the late 1990s, Rosalind Krauss, one of the principal theorists of post-modernism in the arts, began using the term "post-medium" in her work. It was a nod to the…

Brings the American philosopher Stanley Cavell into dialogue with Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, Emerson and Thoreau on the question of how we make ourselves intelligible.

Despite his significant influence across the humanities, Cavell's work has attracted little attention from political theorists. This book addresses that gap by explicating the political dimensions of his thought and…

Stanley Cavell, one of America’s most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden, a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on…

Seeking for philosophy the same spirit and assurance conveyed by artists like Fred Astaire, Cavell presents essays exploring the meaning of grace and gesture in film and on stage, in…

Stanley Cavell’s work is distinctive not only in its importance to philosophy but also for its remarkable interdisciplinary range. Cavell is read avidly by students of film, photography, painting, and…

This book focuses on Stanley Cavell’s account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, which proposes the remarkable thesis that most truly great Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become…