Download or read book The Claim of Reason written by Stanley Cavell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.