In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations .
* Addresses European and Anglo--American philosophical traditions -- which is a growth area* Deals with Derrida and a long standing controversy regarding his work* Cavell is a cult figure in the US and has his own following: eg. Stephen Mulhalla s recent OUP book about him. .
