Wittgenstein as philosophical tone-poet : philosophy and music in dialogue / Béla Szabados.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szabados, Béla, 1942- author.

Series:

Studien zur österreichischen Philosophie ; Band 45.

Studien zur Österreichischen Philosophie ; Band 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Aesthetics.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Knowledge--Music.

Semantics (Philosophy)--History--20th century.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; New York : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides the first in-depth exploration of the importance of music for Ludwig Wittgenstein’s life and work. Wittgenstein’s remarks on music are essential for understanding his philosophy: they are on the nature of musical understanding, the relation of music to language, the concepts of representation and expression, on melody, irony and aspect-perception, and, on the great composers belonging to the Austrian-German tradition. Biography and philosophy, this work suggests that Wittgenstein was a composer of philosophy who used the musical form as a blueprint for his own writing and thought. For Wittgenstein music is not alone, but connects and resonates with our cultural forms of life. His relation to composers, especially to Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler, enables Wittgenstein to address the question of how to do philosophy and compose music in the breakdown of tradition. Unlike his conservative musical sensibility, Wittgenstein’s philosophy is open to musical experiments. Reflecting on his remarks on music makes it possible to compare the therapeutic aim of his philosophical activity with that of music, and thus notice affinities between Wittgenstein and John Cage.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Acknowledgements

Introduction

A Life in Music

Early Views: Wittgenstein’s Vienna Revisited

Wittgenstein in Transit: A Critique of the Tradition

Later Views: A New Era

Wittgenstein and the Composers

Breakdown of Tradition

Philosophy, Music and Therapy

Bibliography

Index

Appeared earlier in the series: STUDIEN ZUR ÖSTERREICHISCHEN PHILOSOPHIE.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2014).

ISBN:

94-012-1099-3

OCLC:

887498713

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401210997 DOI