Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy
Main description: Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance compared with philosophy. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. Wittgenstein Reading is the first book to portray Wittgenstein as a reader, providing detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Goethe, Shakespeare or Lewis Carroll. It thereby becomes an essential tool for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thought for both Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature
Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature
Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature. Sascha Bru, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, University of Parma, Italy
Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy
Main description: Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance compared with philosophy. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. Wittgenstein Reading is the first book to portray Wittgenstein as a reader, providing detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Goethe, Shakespeare or Lewis Carroll. It thereby becomes an essential tool for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thought for both Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature
Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature
Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importance. Still academic philosophy often shies away from the literary inflection of his philosophy. This is the first book to provide detailed discussions of his engagement with individual authors, such as Dostoevsky, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The book is essential for the cultural contextualization of for Wittgenstein scholars and scholars of literature. Sascha Bru, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, University of Parma, Italy
