<div>In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an <br>intersection of three crossroads: a place where both <br>philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions <br>of English and German philosophy shun one another; where <br>the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. <br><br>"Cavell's 'readings' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and <br>Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our <br>understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer <br>a vision of what life can be and what culture can mean. . <br>. . These profound lectures are a wonderful place to make <br>[Cavell's] acquaintance."--Hilary Putnam<br><br></div>