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Wittgenstein and Political Theory: The View from Somewhere
June, 2011
Paper, 208 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-4298-4
Edinburgh University Press
$32.00
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889—1951) was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Although his writings have influenced a range of philosophical and cultural movements, his effect has been less well-recognized in a political context. Wittgenstein and Political Theory sets out to reconnect Wittgenstein with a range of problems and trends within contemporary political theory. The central argument of the book becomes Wittgenstein ability to offer scholars doing the difficult work of theorizing political life today some useful conceptual and critical tools.