Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies after Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell

An argument for ordinary language philosophy's ability to transform the prevailing understanding of language, theory and reading in literary studies today.

This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy—a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell—to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy's unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and...