Wittgenstein on the human spirit

Wittgenstein on the human spirit / Yuval Lurie.

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Wittgenstein on the Human Spirit provides a new understanding of Wittgenstein’s discourse as an insightful philosophy of culture, pursued through self-reflection. It offers an edifying perspective on the conceptual underpinnings of culture as a shared expressive spiritual form of life. The ideas inv...

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Lurie, Yuval
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics ; v. 248
Value Inquiry Book Series 248.
Physical Description:1 online resource (292 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • FIRST STUDY: THE SPIRIT OF JEWS
  • REMARKS ON THE SPIRIT OF JEWS
  • PHILOSOPHICAL CLARIFICATIONS
  • CLARIFYING THE CONCEPT OF A JEW
  • THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND
  • GENIUS, TALENT, CHARACTER, AND INTELLECT
  • STEREOTYPES, SYMBOLS, AND IDEOLOGIES
  • FROM PROTOTYPES TO FAMILY RESEMBLANCES
  • WITTGENSTEIN CONFRONTS HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD JEWS
  • IN SEARCH OF LESS “DANGEROUS PHRASES”
  • THE SPIRITS OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
  • ANNOUNCING “THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CULTURE”
  • A LOCK CONSTRUCTED FROM A CONCEALED SPIRITUAL DISTINCTION
  • CULTURE AND ITS SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS
  • CIVILIZATION AND ITS SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS
  • REFLECTING ON WITTGENSTEIN’S REMARKS ON CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
  • THE COMMON SPIRIT OF HUMAN BEINGS
  • FRAZER’S EXPLANATION OF MYTH, MAGIC, AND RELIGION
  • WITTGENSTEIN’S CRITICISM OF FRAZER’S CONCEPTUAL EXPLANATION
  • WITTGENSTEIN’S CRITICISM OF FRAZER’S HISTORICAL EXPLANATION
  • WITTGENSTEIN’S METHODS OF ATTAINING INSIGHT ABOUT SPIRITUAL RITUALS
  • PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON WITTGENSTEIN’S COMMENTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.

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