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Wittgenstein and Justice: On the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein for Social and Political

Hanna F. Pitkin

Hanna Pitkin argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.

Book Details

  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publish Date: Jun 26th, 1973
  • Pages: 392
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.98in - 6.01in - 0.96in - 1.22lb
  • EAN: 9780520023291
  • Categories: History & Surveys - ModernPolitical

About the Author

Hanna Fenichel Pitkin is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Fortune is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolo Machiavelli (California, 1987).

Praise for this book

"This book is rich in philosophical clarification and analyses of traditional philosophical problems. . . . An admirable book."--William M. Richards, "Social Praxis