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The Claim of Reason

by Stanley Cavell
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This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.

About the Author, Stanley Cavell

Harvard University (Emeritus)

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Critical Inquiry Magazine

An altogether remarkable work of American philosophy...that occupies the buffer zone between poetry and philosophy in a unique&#151and perhaps uniquely American way.

Book Details

Published
July 1, 1982
Publisher
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; Oxford University Press, 1982, c1979.
Pages
511
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780195031959

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