Bru / Steuer / Huemer Wittgenstein Reading

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-029469-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

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Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. 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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bru, Sascha

Steuer, Daniel

Huemer, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Hermeneutik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;List of Abbreviations;7
2;Introduction;11
3;Being Lost and Finding Home: Philosophy, Confession, Recollection, and Conversion in Augustine’s Confessions and Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations;15
4;The Character of a Name: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Shakespeare;33
5;To Not Understand, but Not Misunderstand: Wittgenstein on Shakespeare;49
6;Sense and Sententiousness: Wittgenstein, Milton, Shakespeare;65
7;Why the Tractatus, like the Old Testament, is “Nothing but a Book”;85
8;Wittgenstein Lights Lichtenberg’s Candle: Flashlights of Enlightenment in Wittgenstein’s Thought;113
9;Wittgenstein and Goethe: Getting Rid of “Sorge”;125
10;Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Conservative Legacy of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy;147
11;Best Readings: Wittgenstein and Grillparzer;163
12;Wittgenstein’s Reception of Wagner: Language, Music, and Culture;181
13;Ludwig Wittgenstein and Wilhelm Busch: “Humour is not a mood, but a ‘Weltanschauung’”;207
14;Wittgenstein and Dostoevsky;237
15;Wittgenstein Re-Reading;253
16;The Significance of Dostoevsky (and Ludwig Anzengruber) for Wittgenstein;273
17;A Remarkable Fact: Wittgenstein Reading Tolstoy;299
18;Note to Self: Learn to Write Autobiographical Remarks from Wittgenstein;329
19;Wittgenstein Reads Kürnberger;345
20;Trakl’s Tone: Mood and the Distinctive Speech Act of the Demonstrative;365
21;The Chimera of Language? Karl Kraus and Ludwig Wittgenstein;383
22;Well-Versed: Wittgenstein and Leavis Read Empson;399
23;The contributors of the volume;413
24;Index of Names;419

Über Autor(innen)

Huemer, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy

Steuer, Daniel
Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England

Bru, Sascha
Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Sascha Bru, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, University of Parma, Italy.