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Wittgenstein's Form of Life

By David Kishik

Wittgenstein's Form of Life Philosophy

Wittgenstein's Form of Life

By David Kishik

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Wittgenstein's Form of Life reveals the intricate relationship between language and life throughout Ludwig Wittgenstein's work. Drawing on the entire corpus of his writings, David Kishik offers a synoptic view of Wittgenstein's evolving thought by considering the notion of form of life as its vanishing center. The book takes its cue from the idea that 'to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life', in order to present the first holistic account of Wittgenstein's philosophy in the spirit of a new wave of interpretations, pioneered by Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond and James Conant. It is also an enticing contribution to the rising discourse revolving around the subject of life, led by the recent work of Giorgio Agamben. Standing on the threshold between the Analytic and the Continental philosophical traditions, Kishik shows how Wittgenstein's philosophy of language points toward a new philosophy of life, thereby making a unique contribution to our ethical and political thought.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
158
Release Date:
2008-10-01
Publication Date:
2008-08-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847062237
ISBN13:
9781847062239
Weight:
408 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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