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Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma
Ernest Gellner
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paperback. Ernest Gellner's final book, first published in 1998, is a synoptic interpretation of the thought of Wittgenstein and Malinowski. Editor(s): Gellner, David. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Ernest Gellner (1925–95) has been described as 'one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals'. His last book, first published in 1998, throws light on two leading thinkers of their time. Wittgenstein, arguably the most influential and the most cited philosopher of the twentieth century, is famous for having propounded two radically different philosophical positions. Malinowski, the founder of modern British social anthropology, is usually credited with being the inventor of ethnographic fieldwork, a fundamental research method throughout the social sciences. In a highly original way, Gellner shows how the thought of both men grew from a common background ... Read more
Ernest Gellner (1925–95) has been described as 'one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals'. His last book, first published in 1998, throws light on two leading thinkers of their time. Wittgenstein, arguably the most influential and the most cited philosopher of the twentieth century, is famous for having propounded two radically different philosophical positions. Malinowski, the founder of modern British social anthropology, is usually credited with being the inventor of ethnographic fieldwork, a fundamental research method throughout the social sciences. In a highly original way, Gellner shows how the thought of both men grew from a common background ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521639972
SKU
KSG0032362
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Reviews for Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma
'… at once a synoptic interpretation of the thought of Wittgenstein and Malinowski; a comparative assessment of their world-views - of their accounts of knowledge, language and culture; a brilliant sociological sketch of the common socio-political and intellectual background which they shared; a view of their influence upon their respective disciplines; and a passionate and polemical argument with them and ... Read more