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On the Trail to Wittgenstein's Hut - The Historical Background of the Tractatus Logico-philosphicus (Paperback)
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On the Trail to Wittgenstein's Hut - The Historical Background of the Tractatus Logico-philosphicus (Paperback)
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One of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century,
Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the roots of his monumental Tractatus are
explored in this imaginative work. Oxaal picks up on themes
developed in an earlier work of his on Jews, Anti-Semitism and
Culture in Vienna, adding to it special issues concerning
Wittgenstein's experiences in Norway in 1913-14, where he worked on
ideas that were completed during the war. Oxaal situates the great
philosopher in time, place, and attitude, showing how his personal
background came to bear on the writing of the Tractatus.
Wittengenstein has often been criticized for traces of solipsism
and even mysticism, and Oxaal also examines these issues in a
volume that integrates ethnography, nationality, and cultural
studies. Oxaal sheds new light on the theme of Wittgenstein's
Jewishness, and develops a new appreciation of the Wittgenstein
family and Wittgenstein's better-known years in Vienna. The author
is unsparing in his observations about racism and pessimism in
Berlin and Great Britian during the period in which Wittgenstein
worked and studied at Cambridge. The writing of the Tractatus
spanned the First World War. In the period immediately after its
completion, Wittgenstein found himself in The Hague where he was in
discussions and disputes with Bertrand Russell. Oxaal covers these
problems sensitively and with an appreciation of ambiguities in the
life of a great philosopher and the confusions caused by a post-war
change in fortunes--personal and familial. This work of an eminent
social scientist and historian may not be the final statement on
Wittgenstein, but it most certainly must be considered in any
serious assessments of an iconic figure of the twentieth century.
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