home
sign in
my orders
my e-books
my trolley
my account
contact
keyword
isbn13
author
title
| can't find it |
Tell us the title, author
and / or ISBN number
*
Any other details such as author,
ISBN, title or genre. Please be specific
What is your email address?
*
Not a valid email address
| browse books |
Textbooks
books
antiques & collectibles
architecture
art
biography & autobiography
body, mind & spirit
business & economics
comics & graphic novels
computers
cooking
crafts & hobbies
drama
education
family & relationships
fiction
foreign language study
games
gardening
health & fitness
history
house & home
humor
juvenile fiction
juvenile nonfiction
language arts & disciplines
law
literary collections
literary criticism
mathematics
medical
music
nature
non-classifiable
performing arts
pets
philosophy
photography
poetry
political science
psychology
reference
religion
science
self-help
social science
sports & recreation
study aids
technology
transportation
travel
true crime
books
| book details |
Becoming Who We Are: Politics and Practical Philosophy in the Work of Stanley Cavell
By (author)
Andrew Norris
| on special |
normal price: R 4,665.95
Price: R 4,431.95
| add to trolley |
processing...
| book description |
While much literature exists on the work of Stanley Cavell, this is the first monograph on his contribution to politics and practical philosophy. As Andrew Norris demonstrates, though skepticism is Cavell's central topic, Cavell understands it not as an epistemological problem or position, but as an existential one. The central question is not what we know or fail to know, but to what extent we have made our lives our own, or failed to do so. Accordingly, Cavell's reception of Austin and Wittgenstein highlights, as other readings of these figures do not, the uncanny nature of the ordinary, the extent to which we ordinarily fail to mean what we say and be who we are. Becoming Who We Are charts Cavell's debts to Heidegger and Thompson Clarke, even as it allows for a deeper appreciation of the extent to which Cavell's Emersonian Perfectionism is a rewriting of Rousseau's and Kant's theories of autonomy. This in turn opens up a way of understanding citizenship and political discourse that develops points made more elliptically in the work of Hannah Arendt, and that contrasts in important ways with the positions of liberal thinkers like John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas on the one hand, and radical democrats like Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe on the other.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
This title will be printed on demand for your order. Delivery will be 6 weeks or less.
Publisher |
Oxford University Press Inc
Published date |
31 Aug 2017
Language |
Format |
Hardback
Pages |
328
Dimensions |
157 x 236 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight |
567g
ISBN |
978-0-1906-7394-9
Readership Age |
BISAC |
philosophy / history & surveys / modern
| other options |
Normally shipped |
Request confirmation of availability through "can't find it" link
Readership Age |
Normally shipped |
Usually dispatched in 3 to 4 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Readership Age |
Normal Price |
R 6,012.95
Price |
R 5,711.95
| on special |
| add to trolley |
processing...
| back |
| your trolley |
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
| specials |
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil
Paperback / softback
672 pages
was: R 731.95
now: R 658.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
In his latest, thrilling foray into the future, a great inventor and futurist envisions an event--the ""singularity""--in which technological change becomes so rapid and so profound that human bodies and brains will merge with machines.
| more |
| add to trolley |
processing...
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant
Paperback / softback
320 pages
was: R 275.95
now: R 247.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order
Simplified Chinese Edition of [Think Again]
| more |
| add to trolley |
processing...
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
Paperback / softback
304 pages
was: R 355.95
now: R 319.95
Available from overseas. Dispatched in aprox 4-8 weeks as local supplier is out of stock
From the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto and Reith Lecturer 2014, a revolutionary and emotionally searing account of death, dying and medicine.
| more |
| add to trolley |
processing...
Fifteen Dogs
André Alexis
Paperback / softback
176 pages
was: R 280.95
now: R 252.95
Available from overseas. Dispatched in aprox 4-8 weeks as local supplier is out of stock
A pack of dogs are granted the power of human thought - but what will it do to them? A surprising and insightful look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.
| more |
| add to trolley |
processing...
Copyright 2024
|
terms and conditions