Metaphors are ubiquitous and yet--or, for that very reason--go largely unseen. We are all variously susceptible to a blindness or blurry vision of metaphors; yet even when they are seen clearly, we are left to situate the ambiguities, conflations and contradictions they regularly present--logically, aesthetically and morally.
David LaRocca's book serves as a set of 'reminders' of certain features of the natural history of our language--especially the tropes that permeate and define it. As part of his investigation, LaRocca turns to Ralph Waldo Emerson's only book on a single topic,...
Metaphors are ubiquitous and yet--or, for that very reason--go largely unseen. We are all variously susceptible to a blindness or blurry vision of ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson is internationally renowned as helping to define American identity as we know it. What is less known is the degree to which he has inspired and influenced generations of other internationally celebrated writers and thinkers.
Estimating Emerson is the most comprehensive collection yet assembled of the finest minds writing on one of America's finest minds. It serves as both a resource for easily accessing the abundant and profound commentary on Emerson's work and as a compendium of exceptional prose to inspire further thought about his contribution to our...
Ralph Waldo Emerson is internationally renowned as helping to define American identity as we know it. What is less known is the degree to which he ...
This collection of new work on the philosophical importance of television starts from a model for reading films proposed by Stanley Cavell, whereby film in its entirety-actors and production included-brings its own intelligence to its realization. In turn, this intelligence educates us as viewers, leading us to recognize and appreciate our individual cinephilic tastes, and to know ourselves and each other better. This reading is even more valid for TV series. Yet, in spite of the progress of film-philosophy, there has been a paucity of concurrent analysis of the ethical stakes, the modes of...
This collection of new work on the philosophical importance of television starts from a model for reading films proposed by Stanley Cavell, whereby fi...
