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On the Trail to Wittgenstein's Hut The Historical Background of the Tractatus Logico-philosphicus
By Ivar Oxaal
Copyright 2011
217 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
217 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
PrefacePrologue: It Was the Year of the Titanic (1912)Part 1: Anti-Semitism in the German Lands1. The Origins of the Wittgensteins2. Vienna: A City of Dreams3. Ludwig in the Prussian KaiserstadtPart 2: Manchester to Trinity College, Cambridge4. Racisms and Pessimism in the British Empire5. Mysticism in TrinityPart 3: Norway (1913-14) and at the End of the War6. The German Kaiser and Wittgenstein in Norway7. Daniel Deronda, in Brand Country, and on the Eastern FrontPart 4: On the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus8. In The Hague (1919)9. On the Origin of the TitlePostscriptAppendixesAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Ivar Oxaal
