I am “Philosophy Today”
May 29, 2009
Funny about that Amazon page… This is the first time I’ve ever seen my own words cited under the name of a corporate entity. This is me, on Braver’s book:
“It is the sort of book that everyone working in the continental tradition, and many in the analytic tradition, will want to read… Braver’s real strength is his sweeping synoptic vision of continentalism from Kant to Derrida, backed by triple the needed homework to make this vision tangible. The book deserves great success, and Braver ought to become a household name in continental circles… It would be hard to ask for a more thoroughly researched work on the topic, or for one more honest or more technically precise… A landmark.”–Philosophy Today
I’m not sure if Braver is a household name in continental circles yet, but he really ought to be, because that book needed to be written, and it has “classic” written all over it. (And I say this as someone who, of course, detests continental anti-realism as a mortal enemy.) It will be hard to improve on that book for a good many years.