Stanley Cavell in Caracas: Excerpts from seminars and conversations with Victor J. Krebs and Maria Elena Ramos

Abstract We present here excerpts from seminars, interviews, and conversations with Stanley Cavell during the time of his visit to Caracas in 1998. This material comprises Cavell’s responses to questions raised at the seminar, extracts from an interview with Maria Elena Ramos and Victor Krebs, and a subsequent letter they received from Cavell in response to further questions. Krebs’ introduction to the collection sets the scene for Cavell’s visit and sketches some reasons for the relevance of Cavell’s philosophy to Latin America and the nature of its reception there.