Description: Grammar of Politics : Wittgenstein and Political Philosophy, Paperback by Heyes, Cressida J. (EDT), ISBN 0801488389, ISBN-13 9780801488382, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Ludwig Wittgensteins work has been widely interpreted and appropriated by subsequent philosophers, as well as by scholars from areas as diverse as anthropology, cultural studies, literary theory, sociology, law, and medicine. The Grammar of Politics demonstrates the variety of ways political philosophers understand Wittgensteins importance to their discipline and apply Wittgensteinian methods to their own projects.
In her introduction, Cressida J. Heyes notes that Wittgenstein himself was skeptical of political theory, and that his philosophy does not lead naturally or inexorably toward any particular political position. Instead, she says, his ideas motivate certain attitudes toward the "game of politics" that the essays in this volume share: some contributors argue that political theory should use Wittgensteinian methods, others apply Wittgensteins philosophy of language to figures and debates in areas of political theory (such as post-Kantian genealogy or Habermass foundationalism), and still others reveal the ways Wittgensteins concepts inform political foci as diverse as anthropomorphism, defining social group membership, and the nature of liberty. "All the contributors," Heyes writes, "take their lead from Wittgensteins attempts to break the hold of certain pictures that tacitly direct our language and thus our forms of life. Making these pictures visible as pictures reveals the hitherto concealed structure and the contingency of certain ways of thinking about politics."
Ludwig Wittgensteins work has been widely interpreted and appropriated by subsequent philosophers, as well as by scholars from areas as diverse as anthropology, cultural studies, literary theory, sociology, law, and medicine. The Grammar of Politics demonstrates the variety of ways political philosophers understand Wittgensteins importance to their discipline and apply Wittgensteinian methods to their own projects.
In her introduction, Cressida J. Heyes notes that Wittgenstein himself was skeptical of political theory, and that his philosophy does not lead naturally or inexorably toward any particular political position. Instead, she says, his ideas motivate certain attitudes toward the "game of politics" that the essays in this volume share: some contributors argue that political theory should use Wittgensteinian methods, others apply Wittgensteins philosophy of language to figures and debates in areas of political theory (such as post-Kantian genealogy or Habermass foundationalism), and still others reveal the ways Wittgensteins concepts inform political foci as diverse as anthropomorphism, defining social group membership, and the nature of liberty.
"All the contributors," Heyes writes, "take their lead from Wittgensteins attempts to break the hold of certain pictures that tacitly direct our language and thus our forms of life. Making these pictures visible as pictures reveals the hitherto concealed structure and the contingency of certain ways of thinking about politics."
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Book Title: Grammar of Politics : Wittgenstein and Political Philosophy
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Individual Philosophers, History & Surveys / Modern, Political
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Cressida Heyes
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
