Wittgenstein (Blackwell Great Minds)

Wittgenstein presents a concise, comprehensive, and systematic treatment of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought from his early work Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to the posthumous publication of On Certainty, notes written just prior to his death.A substantial scholarly addition to our understanding of one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th century, by renowned Wittgenstein scholar Hans SlugaProposes an original new interpretation of Wittgenstein's workWritten to also be accessible to listeners unfamiliar with Wittgenstein's thoughtIncludes discussion of the social and political background and contemporary relevance of Wittgenstein's thoughts