The fall of language : Benjamin and Wittgenstein on meaning /

Known for his essays on culture, aesthetics, and literature, Walter Benjamin also wrote on the philosophy of language. For Alexander Stern, his famously obscure--and, for some, hopelessly mystical--early work contains important insights, anticipating and in some respects surpassing Wittgenstein'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Signification (Philosophie)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Language.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Benjamin's Philosophy of Language; 1. The Metaphysics of Meaning; 2. Language Out of Eden; 3. The Theory Gets Dressed Up; Part II: The History of Language as Such; 4. The Thought of Language; 5. What Art Means; 6. The Linguistic U-Turn; 7. Private Language and Other Nonsense; Part III: Benjamin and Wittgenstein; 8. The Word and the Deed; 9. The Character of Language; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

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