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Title Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer : the text and the matter / edited by Lars Albinus, Josef G.F. Rothhaupt and Aidan Seery.

Publication Info. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 429 pages .)
text file
Series On Wittgenstein ; volume 3
On Wittgenstein ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Wittgensteins "Bemerkungen über Frazers Golden Bough" -- Wittgenstein: Lectures, Cambridge 1930-1933, From the Notes of G. E. Moore -- Determinacy of Sense and Meaning -- Faces of 'Necessity', Perspicuous Representation, and the Irreligious "Cult of the Useful" -- Steen Brock A Conception of Modern Life as "the Awakening of the Human Spirit, Revisited" -- It's a Kind of Magic -- Wittgenstein, Frazer, and Temperament -- Explanation and Impression -- Philosophy, Metaphysics and Religion -- Thirteen Loose Sheets of Varying Size -- "That they point, is all there is to it." -- Wittgenstein, Frazer, and the Apples of Sodom -- Ramifications of the Remarks -- Wittgenstein's Critique of Frazer and Realism/Anti-realism Concerning Religion -- Biographical Notes -- Index
Summary This volume is dedicated to Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer's The Golden Bough and represents a collaboration of scholars within philosophy and the study of religion. For the first time, specialized investigations of the philological and philosophical aspects Wittgenstein's manuscripts are combined with the outlook of philosophical anthropology and ritual studies.In the first section of the book Wittgenstein's remarks are presented and discussed in light of his Nachlass and relevant lecture-notes by G.E. Moore, reproduced in this book as facsimiles. The second section deals with the cultural and philosophical background of the early remarks, while the third section focuses specifically on the general problem of understanding as being a main issue of these remarks. The fourth section concentrates on the philosophical development characteristic of the later remarks. Finally, the fifth section reviews Wittgenstein's opposition to Frazer, and the ramifications of his remarks, in light of ritual studies.The book is intended for scholars in philosophy and religious studies, as well as for the general reader with an academic interest in philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
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Language English.
Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Bemerkungen über Frazers Golden bough.
Frazer, James George, 1854-1941. Golden bough.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 -- Religion.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Religion.
Golden bough (Frazer, James George)
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Albinus, Lars, 1965- editor.
Rothhaupt, Josef G. F., 1956- editor.
Seery, Aidan, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016] 9783110453478 3110453479 (DLC) 2016007341 (OCoLC)931799896
ISBN 9783110455069 (electronic book)
3110455064 (electronic book)
9783110453720 (electronic book)
311045372X (electronic book)
9783110453478 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
3110453479 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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