Wittgenstein in Exile

by James C. Klagge

Book Overview

A new way of looking at Wittgenstein: as an exile from an earlier cultural era.

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) and Philosophical Investigations (1953) are among the most influential philosophical books of the twentieth century, and also among the most perplexing. Wittgenstein warned again and again that he was not and would not be understood. Moreover, Wittgenstein's work seems to have little relevance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262525909
• ISBN13: 9780262525909
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher