The Fall of Language : : Benjamin and Wittgenstein on Meaning /

The Fall of Language : : Benjamin and Wittgenstein on Meaning / / Alexander Stern.

Known for his essays on culture, aesthetics, and literature, Walter Benjamin also wrote on the philosophy of language. For Alexander Stern, his famously obscure-and, for some, hopelessly mystical-early work contains important insights, anticipating and in some respects surpassing Wittgenstein's...

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Stern, Alexander,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Benjamin's Philosophy of Language
  • 1. The Metaphysics of Meaning
  • 2. Language Out of Eden
  • 3. The Theory Gets Dressed Up
  • Part II: The History of Language as Such
  • 4. The Thought of Language
  • 5. What Art Means
  • 6. The Linguistic U-Turn
  • 7. Private Language and Other Nonsense
  • Part III: Benjamin and Wittgenstein
  • 8. The Word and the Deed
  • 9. The Character of Language
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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