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The long-awaited Wittgenstein Reading is in print (and available on Amazon for–granted–a pretty penny; I’ve just petitioned the UChicago library to make a purchase, and urge you to do the same). The book features essays by many OLP&LS readers. (Among them Wm Day: Thanks for bringing this to my attention!) Below you’ll find the publisher’s book description as well as the Table of Contents.
Wittgenstein’s thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. Wittgenstein Reading approaches the moment of literature as a vehicle of self-reflection for Wittgenstein. What sounds, on the surface, like criticism (e.g. of Shakespeare) can equally be understood as a simple registration of Wittgenstein’s own reaction, hence a piece of self-diagnosis or self-analysis. The book brings a representative sample of authors, from Shakespeare, Goethe, or Dostoyevsky to some that have received far less attention in Wittgenstein scholarship like Kleist, Lessing, or Wilhelm Busch and Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein’s thoughts. Unique to this book is its internal design. The editors’ introduction sets the scene with regards to both biography and theory, while each of the subsequent chapters takes a quotation from Wittgenstein on a particular author as its point of departure for developing a more specific theme relating to the writer in question. This format serves to avoid the well-trodden paths of discussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature, allowing for unconventional observations to be made. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein’s thoughts.
Wittgenstein’s thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. Wittgenstein Reading approaches the moment of literature as a vehicle of self-reflection for Wittgenstein. What sounds, on the surface, like criticism (e.g. of Shakespeare) can equally be understood as a simple registration of Wittgenstein’s own reaction, hence a piece of self-diagnosis or self-analysis.
The book brings a representative sample of authors, from Shakespeare, Goethe, or Dostoyevsky to some that have received far less attention in Wittgenstein scholarship like Kleist, Lessing, or Wilhelm Busch and Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein’s thoughts.
Unique to this book is its internal design. The editors’ introduction sets the scene with regards to both biography and theory, while each of the subsequent chapters takes a quotation from Wittgenstein on a particular author as its point of departure for developing a more specific theme relating to the writer in question. This format serves to avoid the well-trodden paths of discussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature, allowing for unconventional observations to be made. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein’s thoughts.
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dmf January 6, 2014 at 9:39 pm yikes that’s absurd, tenured faculty really need to start participating in open-access presses…
yikes that’s absurd, tenured faculty really need to start participating in open-access presses…
j. January 7, 2014 at 2:33 pm does it even matter to any of these authors if any ordinary people read their work?
does it even matter to any of these authors if any ordinary people read their work?
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