The Claim to Community: Essays on Stanley Cavell and Political Philosophy

Published by Stanford University Press 2006

The Claim to Community

Essays on Stanley Cavell and Political Philosophy

Edited by: Andrew Norris

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503625143

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Stanley Cavell's unique contributions to the study of epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, film, Shakespeare, and American philosophy have all received wide acclaim. But there has been relatively little recognition of the pertinence of Cavell's work to our understanding of political philosophy. The Claim to Community fills this gap with essays from a wide range of prominent American, English, French, and Italian philosophers and political theorists, as well as a lengthy response to the essays by Cavell himself. The topics covered include Cavell's understanding of political community, philosophical anthropology, moral perfectionism, the positivist distinction between fact and value, political friendship, the differences between political and aesthetic disagreement, political romanticism, "the pursuit of happiness," tragedy, and race. There are also evaluations of the ways Cavell's positions on these and other matters compare with those of Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne, Kant, John Stuart Mill, Thoreau, Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt, Peter Winch, Wittgenstein, and Fred Astaire. This volume will be of great interest to political theorists and political philosophers, as well as to students of literature and film.

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Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1 Introduction: Stanley Cavell and the Claim to Community Andrew Norris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Wittgenstein and Cavell: Anthropology, Skepticism, and Politics Sandra Laugier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3 Bringing Truth Home: Mill, Wittgenstein, Cavell, and Moral Perfectionism Piergiorgio Donatelli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4 Telling the Dancer from the Dance: On the Relevance of the Ordinary for Political Thought Joseph Lima and Tracy B. Strong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5 Political Revisions: Stanley Cavell and Political Philosophy Andrew Norris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
6 Perfectionism Without Perfection: Cavell, Montaigne, and the Conditions of Morals and Politics Richard Flathman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
7 Perfectionism, Parrhesia, and the Care of the Self: Foucault and Cavell on Ethics and Politics David Owen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
8 Stanley Cavell and the Limits of Appreciation Ted Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
9 Cavell and Political Romanticism Espen Hammer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
10 Stanley Cavell and the Pursuits of Happiness Hans Sluga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
11 Cordelia's Calculus: Love and Loneliness in Cavell's Reading of Lear Thomas L. Dumm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
12 Aesthetics and Receptivity: Kant, Nietzsche, Cavell, and Astaire Robert Gooding-Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
13 The Incessance and the Absence of the Political Stanley Cavell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 400

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Published: August 11, 2006
ISBN: 9781503625143