Wittgenstein's Vienna Revisited
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: April 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780765800503
Subjects: Analytical & linguistic philosophy; Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Intellectual life; Wittgenstein, Ludwig; Philosophy; Austria; Logical positivism; Europe - Austria & Hungary; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / General; History & Surveys - Modern; 1889-1951; History; Vienna (Austria); Wittgenstein, Ludwig,
Description: "Fin de siecle Vienna was once memorably described by Karl Kraus as a "proving ground for the destruction of the world." In the decades leading to the World War that brought down the Austro-Hungarian empire, the city was at once an operetta dream world masking social and political problems and tensions, as well as a center for the far-reaching explorations and innovations in music, art, science, and philosophy that would help to define modernity.

One of the most powerful critiques of the retreat into fantasy was that of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose early career in Vienna has helped frame debates about ethical and aesthetic values in culture.

In Wittgenstein's Vienna Revisited Allan Janik expands upon his work Wittgenstein's Vienna (coauthored with Stephen Toulmin) to amplify a number of significant points concerning the genesis of Wittgenstein's thought, the nature of Viennese culture, and criticism of contemporary culture."--BOOK JACKET.