TY  - GEN
T1  - Language and solitude : Wittgenstein, Malinowski, and the Habsburg dilemma
A1  - Gellner, Ernest
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge ; New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 1998
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm51240497
AB  - Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) has been described as 'one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals'. His last book throws new light on two leading thinkers of their time. Wittgenstein, arguably the most influential and the most cited philosopher of the twentieth century, is famous for having propounded two radically different philosophical positions. Malinowski, the founder of modern British social anthropology, is usually credited with being the inventor of ethnographic fieldwork, a fundamental research method throughout the social sciences. In a highly original way, Gellner shows how the thought of both men grew from a common background of assumptions - widely shared in the Habsburg Empire of their youth - about human nature, society, and language. Tying together themes which preoccupied him throughout his working life, Gellner epitomizes his belief that philosophy -- far from 'leaving everything as it is' -- is about important historical, social and personal issues.
OP  - 209
CN  - B3376.W564 G44 1998eb
SN  - 0511016093
SN  - 9780511016097
SN  - 0511172958
SN  - 9780511172953
SN  - 9780511612466
SN  - 051161246X
SN  - 0521639972
SN  - 9780521630023
SN  - 0521630029
SN  - 9780521639972
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : 1889-1951.
KW  - Malinowski, Bronislaw, : 1884-1942.
KW  - Malinowski, Bronislaw, : 1884-1942
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : 1889-1951
KW  - Malinowski, Bronisław, : (1884-1942) : Critique et interprétation.
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : (1889-1951) : Critique et interprétation.
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
KW  - Malinowski, Bronislaw.
KW  - Austria : Intellectual life : 20th century.
KW  - Autriche : Vie intellectuelle : 20e siècle.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : History & Surveys : Modern.
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Austria
KW  - Ethnolinguistik
KW  - Einsamkeit
KW  - Sprachphilosophie
KW  - Individualisme.
KW  - Gemeenschapszin.
KW  - Cultuur.
KW  - Taal.
KW  - Habsburgse Huis.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -