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Dialectic of the Ladder - Wittgenstein, the 'Tractatus' and Modernism (Hardcover)
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Dialectic of the Ladder - Wittgenstein, the 'Tractatus' and Modernism (Hardcover)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) remains
one of the most enigmatic works of twentieth century thought. In
this bold and original new study, Ben Ware argues that
Wittgenstein's early masterpiece is neither an analytic treatise on
language and logic, nor a quasi-mystical work seeking to
communicate 'ineffable' truths. Instead, we come to understand the
Tractatus by grasping it in a twofold sense: first, as a
dialectical work which invites the reader to overcome certain
'illusions of thought'; and second as a modernist work whose
anti-philosophical ambition is intimately tied to its radical
aesthetic character. By placing the Tractatus in the force field of
modernism, Dialectic of the Ladder clears the ground for a new and
challenging exploration of the work's ethical dimension. It also
casts new light upon the cultural, aesthetic and political
significances of Wittgenstein's writing, revealing hitherto
unacknowledged affinities with a host of philosophical and literary
authors, including Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno,
Benjamin, and Kafka.
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