In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanle
y Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics
and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as
the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, W
ittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare on human needs,
the difficulties of authorship, Kierkegaard and post-Enlightenment religion. Pre
sented in a fresh twenty-first century series livery, and including a specially
commissioned preface, written by Stephen Mulhall, illuminating its continuing im
portance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work is now av
ailable for a new generation of readers.
