"On Not Being Able to Read Emerson, or "Representative Man
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11327208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Dauber (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | boundary 2 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-3659 • E-ISSN: 1527-2141 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/303194 |
| OpenAlex | W2318482999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is difficult to read Emerson with much patience these days. In the era of the expanded canon, of minority voices and marginal subject positions, the voice of the man for whom centrality was a watchword is hard to hear. Do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situation. Are they my poor?1 This is the aftermath of the panic of 1838. I have quite other slaves to free than those negroes, to wit, imprisoned spirits, imprisoned thoughts.2 This, in the wake of the Fugi
Art · Literature · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |