Inheritance and Originality: Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Kierkegaard - Softcover

Mulhall, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199265496 ISBN 13: 9780199265497

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 2003

Synopsis

What does it mean to think of philosophy in the condition of modernism, in which its relation to its past and future has become a relevant problem? This book argues that the writings of Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard are best understood as responsive (each in their own way) to such questions. Through detailed analysis of these authors' most influential texts, Stephen Mulhall reorients our sense of the philosophical work each text aims to accomplish, engendering a critical dialogue between them from which the elements of a new conception of philosophy might emerge.

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About the Author

Stephen Mulhall is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, New College, Oxford.

Review

It is in Mulhall's textual analyses of these works that his book especially shines. His readings are exceedingly close and sensitive, and more than repay the not insubstantial demands that they place upon the reader. From the outset, one gets the sense from Mulhall that there are still new and important insights to be reaped by freshly reconsidering works that have already received a huge amount of attention, and throughout the book he delivers on this promise. This makes it a real pleasure to read ... There is much to consider in this book. It is rigorously argued, and opens up Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Kierkegaard in new and interesting ways. * Mind * To anyone who loves Heidegger and Wittgenstein, the name Stephen Mulhall immediately evokes feeling of gratitude ... Mulhall in this book brings a narrative eloquence and master precision to his interpretations ... a sterling performance. * Philosophical Investigations *

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199265496
• ISBN 13: 9780199265497
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464