Wittgenstein : philosophy, postmodernism, pedagogy / Michael Peters and James Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-

Contributor:

Marshall, James (James D.)

Series:

Critical studies in education and culture series 1064-8615

Critical studies in education and culture series, 1064-8615

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Postmodernism.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

xvi, 227 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1999.

Summary:

Bridges the divide between analytic and continental philosophy by offering an interpretation of Wittgenstein based on readings of contemporary "Wittgensteinians."

Contents:

Introduction: Wittgenstein and "After" 1

1 Terry Eagleton: Wittgenstein as Philosophical Modernist (and Postmodernist) 19

2 Nietzsche and Wittgenstein: Philosophers of the Future 33

3 Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein: The Reference of "I" 52

4 The Self: Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Foucault 69

5 Wittgenstein, Psychology, and Freud 87

6 Wittgenstein, Freud, and Dreams: Une Facon de Parler 104

7 Metanarratives, Nihilism, and the End of Metaphysics: Wittgenstein and Lyotard 122

8 Rorty, Wittgenstein, and Postmodernism: Neopragmatism and the Politics of the Ethnos 133

9 Wittgenstein, Styles, and Pedagogy 152

10 Philosophy as Pedagogy: Wittgenstein's Styles of Thinking 174

11 Prolegomenon to a Pedagogy of Self 192.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0897894804

OCLC:

39281811