Style, Politics and the Future of Philosophy
Janik, Allan S. (University Of Innsbruck, Austria)
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Hardback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
Why did the two most influential philosophers in the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger, write in such a curious fashion that they confused a whole generation of disciples and created a cottage industry for a second generation in the interpretation of their works? Do those curious writing strategies have a philosophical signif icance? How does philosophical style reflect attitudes to society and politics or bear significance for the social sciences? Is politics one type of human activity among many other independent ones as the classical modem political theorists from Hobbes and Machiavelli onwards have thought, or is it ... Read more
Why did the two most influential philosophers in the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger, write in such a curious fashion that they confused a whole generation of disciples and created a cottage industry for a second generation in the interpretation of their works? Do those curious writing strategies have a philosophical signif icance? How does philosophical style reflect attitudes to society and politics or bear significance for the social sciences? Is politics one type of human activity among many other independent ones as the classical modem political theorists from Hobbes and Machiavelli onwards have thought, or is it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792300564
SKU
V9780792300564
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