Ebook: Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma
Author: Ernest Gellner
- Tags: Philosophy, Anthropology, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Cultural
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Language: English
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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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