Critical and provocative, Joshua Kates moves between the philosophy of language, hermeneutics, literary studies, and deconstruction. Offering a radical and innovative re-envisaging of our understanding of discourse and interpretation, relevant to work across the humanities and social sciences.
Jeff Malpas, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Tasmania , Australia
An impressive engagement with fundamental problems of language and meaning. Arguing that the foundational use of language is talk, and that all types of discourse derive from talk in its historicity, Joshua Kates boldly explores a vast range of philosophical and literary interpretive frameworks to produce a surprising synthesis of Heidegger and Davidson.
Jonathan Culler, Professor of Comparative Literature, Cornell University, USA