Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary

Stanley Cavell is a leading figure in American philosophy and one of the most exhilarating and wide-ranging intellectuals of our time. In this book Espen Hammer offers a lucid and thorough account of the development of Cavell's work, from his early writings on ordinary language philosophy and skepticism to his most recent contributions to film studies, literary theory, romanticism, ethics, and politics.

The book traces the many lines of skepticism occurring in Cavell's work and shows how th...