Synopses & Reviews
Condemned for his misogyny, self-hatred, anti-semitism and homophobia, as well as praised for his uncompromising and outspoken approach to gender and morality, Otto Weininger was one of the most controversial and widely read authors of fin-de-siècle Vienna. The purpose of this new collection of essays is to explore the various ways in which Wittgenstein absorbed and responded to Weininger's ideas. Written by an international team of experts on Wittgenstein and Weininger, the volume is especially timely in the light of recent translations of Weininger's work.
Review
"This collection helps us to read Weininger with some understanding, and to see what Wittgenstein may have seen when reading Weininger" - James C. Klagge, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Synopsis
Condemned for his misogyny, self-hatred, anti-semitism and homophobia, as well as praised for his uncompromising and outspoken approach to gender and morality, Otto Weininger was one of the most controversial and widely read authors of fin-de-siècle Vienna. The purpose of this new collection of essays is to explore the various ways in which Wittgenstein absorbed and responded to Weininger's ideas. Written by an international team of experts on Wittgenstein and Weininger, the volume is especially timely in the light of recent translations of Weininger's work.
Synopsis
This book explores the various ways in which Wittgenstein absorbed and responded to Weininger's ideas.
About the Author
David G. Stern is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.Béla Szabados is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the Univesity of Regina.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Reading Wittgenstein (on) reading David G. Stern and Béla Szabados; 2. Eggshells or nourishing yolks? A portrait of Wittgenstein as a Weiningerian Béla Szabados; 3. Weininger and the two Wittgensteins Allan Janik; 4. Sex and solipsism: Weininger's On Last Things Steven Burns; 5. Wittgenstein and Weininger: time, life, world Joachim Schulte; 6. Uncanny differences; Wittgenstein and Weininger as Doppelgänger Daniel Steuer; 7. Weininger and Wittgenstein on 'animal psychology' David G. Stern.