Mysticism and Architecture: Wittgenstein and the Meanings of the Palais Stonborough

by Roger Paden

Book Overview

A multi-disciplinary study of the house that the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein built for his sister in Vienna between 1926 and 1928, this book weaves together ideas taken from a number of disciplines_sociology, political science, aesthetics, architecture, urban planning, and philosophy_to develop a complex, multifaceted interpretation of the purpose and design of the house, which, in turn, is used to ground a new interpretation of Wittgenstein's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739115626
• ISBN13: 9780739115626
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"