| Description |
1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-167) and index. |
| Summary |
In this highly original work Holt skillfully teases out the implications Wittgenstein's ideas on language may have for the politics of human rights and political theory today. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CONTRACTING AND HUMAN RIGHTS; BARRIERS TO BARGAINING; CONFESSION, NOT BARGAINING; 1 Private language ... ; CONCEPTS AS PICTURES; CONCEPTS AS DEEDS; CONCEPTS AS PRIVATE; CONCEPTS AS UNIVERSALS; 2 ... public rules; RULES AND CRITERIA; RULES AND FORMS OF LIFE; RULES AND CERTAINTY; RULES AND THE PRIMITIVE; 3 Linguistic selves; THE LINGUISTIC SELF AS PUPIL OF RULES AND MYTH; THE LINGUISTIC SELF, IMAGINATION AND WILL; THE SELF AND MACHINES; THE SELF AND MYTHS; THE SELF AND TRUTH; THE SELF AND CORE BEING; 4 Liberal and pragmatic forms; LIBERAL MYTH. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. |
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Human rights.
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Human rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Political science.
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Political science. |
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Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Holt, Robin, 1966- Wittgenstein, politics and human rights. London ; New York : LSE/Routledge, 1997 (DLC) 96039528 |
| ISBN |
0203007735 (electronic book) |
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9780203007730 (electronic book) |
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9780415154383 |
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0415154383 |
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0415154383 |
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