| Description |
314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: problems and methods -- Habsburg Vienna: city of paradoxes -- Language and society: Karl Kraus and the last days of Vienna -- Culture and critique: social criticism and the limits of artistic expression -- Language, ethics and representation -- The Tractatus reconsidered: an ethical deed -- Wittgenstein the man, and his second thoughts -- Professionalism and culture: the suicide of the modern movement -- Postscript: the language of alienation. |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life.
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Logical positivism.
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| Added Author |
Toulmin, Stephen, 1922-2009.
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| ISBN |
0671213601 |
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9780671213602 |
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0671217259 (pbk) |
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9780671217259 (pbk) |
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