The political Wittgenstein / Alice Crary, Joel de Lara

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crary, Alice, 1967- author.

De Lara, Joel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, 2632-7112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Political and social views.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Since Wittgenstein's death in 1951, readers have advanced numerous claims about his philosophy's political significance. Some take his philosophy to have a conservative or reactionary bent; others take it to have a relativistic leaning; yet others associate it with classical liberalism, neo-liberalism, or Marxism. The Political Wittgenstein surveys this terrain in four chapter-length narratives about the development of distinct views of the political significance of Wittgenstein's thought. This Element offers a thorough introduction to the question of a Wittgensteinian approach to political thought. It simultaneously makes a case for reading Wittgenstein's philosophy as, at base, political, liberating and pressingly pertinent"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Allegations of conservatism

Reports of relativism

Liberating motifs

Critique and democratic community

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 29, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Crary, Alice, 1967- Political Wittgenstein

ISBN:

9781009532624

1009532626

9781009532617

1009532618

OCLC:

1584438685

Publisher Number:

CIPO000392203

CIPO000397814

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license