Marx and Wittgenstein : Knowledge, Morality and Politics.

By: Kitching, GavinContributor(s): Pleasants, NigelMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought SerPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203453407Subject(s): Marx, Karl, -- 1818-1883 | Philosophers -- Germany | Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Marx and Wittgenstein : Knowledge, Morality and PoliticsDDC classification: 192.221 LOC classification: B3376.W564 -- M295 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Marx and Wittgenstein Knowledge, morality and politics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Conventional wisdoms -- 1 Ernest Gellner's criticisms of Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy -- Part II Commonalities -- 2 Marx and Wittgenstein as natural historians -- 3 Marx and Wittgenstein: culture and practical reason -- 4 Commodity fetishism as a form of life: language and value in Wittgenstein and Marx -- 5 Marx, Wittgenstein and postmodernism -- Part III Wittgenstein and Sraffa -- 6 Sraffa's influence on Wittgenstein: a conjecture -- 7 A Marxist influence on Wittgenstein via Sraffa -- Part IV Disjunctions -- 8 Wittgenstein, Winch and Marx -- 9 Towards a critical use of Marx and Wittgenstein -- Part V Forerunners -- 10 Towards a Marxian use of Wittgenstein -- 11 Remarks on Marxism and the philosophy of language -- Part VI Knowledge, morality and politics -- 12 Marxism and reflexivity -- 13 Marx and Wittgenstein on vampires and parasites: a critique of capital and metaphysics -- 14 Beyond Marx and Wittgenstein (a confession of a Wittgensteinian Marxist turned Taoist) -- Index.
Summary: At first sight, Karl Marx and Ludwig Wittgenstein may well seem to be as different from each other as it is possible for the ideas of two major intellectuals to be. Despite this standard conception, however, a small number of scholars have long suggested that there are deeper philosophical commonalities between Marx and Wittgenstein. They have argued that, once grasped, these commonalities can radically change and enrich understanding both of Marxism and of Wittgensteinian philosophy. This book develops and extends this unorthodox view, emphasising the mutual enrichment that comes from bringing Marx's and Wittgenstein's ideas into dialogue with one another. Essential reading for all scholars and philosophers interested in the Marxist philosophy and the philosophy of Wittgenstein, this book will also be of vital interest to those studying and researching in the fields of social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of social science and political economy.
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Intro -- Marx and Wittgenstein Knowledge, morality and politics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Conventional wisdoms -- 1 Ernest Gellner's criticisms of Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy -- Part II Commonalities -- 2 Marx and Wittgenstein as natural historians -- 3 Marx and Wittgenstein: culture and practical reason -- 4 Commodity fetishism as a form of life: language and value in Wittgenstein and Marx -- 5 Marx, Wittgenstein and postmodernism -- Part III Wittgenstein and Sraffa -- 6 Sraffa's influence on Wittgenstein: a conjecture -- 7 A Marxist influence on Wittgenstein via Sraffa -- Part IV Disjunctions -- 8 Wittgenstein, Winch and Marx -- 9 Towards a critical use of Marx and Wittgenstein -- Part V Forerunners -- 10 Towards a Marxian use of Wittgenstein -- 11 Remarks on Marxism and the philosophy of language -- Part VI Knowledge, morality and politics -- 12 Marxism and reflexivity -- 13 Marx and Wittgenstein on vampires and parasites: a critique of capital and metaphysics -- 14 Beyond Marx and Wittgenstein (a confession of a Wittgensteinian Marxist turned Taoist) -- Index.

At first sight, Karl Marx and Ludwig Wittgenstein may well seem to be as different from each other as it is possible for the ideas of two major intellectuals to be. Despite this standard conception, however, a small number of scholars have long suggested that there are deeper philosophical commonalities between Marx and Wittgenstein. They have argued that, once grasped, these commonalities can radically change and enrich understanding both of Marxism and of Wittgensteinian philosophy. This book develops and extends this unorthodox view, emphasising the mutual enrichment that comes from bringing Marx's and Wittgenstein's ideas into dialogue with one another. Essential reading for all scholars and philosophers interested in the Marxist philosophy and the philosophy of Wittgenstein, this book will also be of vital interest to those studying and researching in the fields of social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of social science and political economy.

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