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Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma

By Ernest Gellner

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0521630029, 9780521630023, 9780511016097
LCC
B3376.W564 G448 1998
Open Library ID
OL702071M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
753 kB (771292 bytes)
Pages
228\229
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) has been described as "one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals." In this, his last book, he throws new light on two key figures of the twentieth century: the philosopher Wittgenstein, and Malinowski, founder of modern British social anthropology. Gellner shows how the thought of both men grew from a common background of assumptions about human nature, society, and language. He ties together themes that preoccupied him, epitomizing his belief that philosophy--far from "leaving everything as it is"--is about important historical, social and personal issues.

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