Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer

The Text and the Matter

Edited by: Lars Albinus , Josef G. F. Rothhaupt and Aidan Seery

Volume 3 in the series On Wittgenstein

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110455069

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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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L. Albinus, University of Aarhus, Denmark; J. G. F. Rothhaupt, LMU München, Germany; A. Seery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction Lars Albinus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Presentation of the Text and the Matter
Wittgensteins „Bemerkungen über Frazers Golden Bough“ Verortung im Gesamtnachlass – Einbindung in die Philosophietradition – Editions- und Publikationsgeschichte Josef G. F. Rothhaupt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Wittgenstein: Lectures, Cambridge 1930–1933, From the Notes of G. E. Moore Lecture 3b, May 5, 1933 and Lecture 4a, May 9, 1933 David Stern, Brian Rogers and Gabriel Citron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Early Remarks (Background)
The Determinacy of Sense and Meaning Some Notes on Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Considerations” (MS 110: 214) from the Early 1930s for the Background of His Philosophical Investigations Wilhelm Krüger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
The Faces of ‘Necessity’, Perspicuous Representation, and the Irreligious “Cult of the Useful” The Spenglerian Background to the First Set of Remarks on Frazer Mauro L. Engelmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Steen Brock A Conception of Modern Life as “the Awakening of the Human Spirit, Revisited” Wittgenstein’s Early Remarks on Frazer as a Philosophy of Culture Steen Brock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Early Remarks (The Problem of Understanding)
It’s a Kind of Magic Wittgenstein on Understanding and Weltanschauung in the Remarks on Frazer Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Wittgenstein, Frazer, and Temperament James C. Klagge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Explanation and Impression Lars Madsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Philosophy, Metaphysics and Religion The “Remarks on Frazer” as Introduction to Wittgenstein’s “Second” Book Andreas Koritensky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
The Later Remarks
Thirteen Loose Sheets of Varying Size On Part II of Bemerkungen über Frazer’s “The Golden Bough” Peter K. Westergaard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
„That they point, is all there is to it.“ Wittgenstein, Frazer, eine „Tatsachensammlung“ und ihre „übersichtliche Darstellung“ Marco Brusotti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Wittgenstein, Frazer, and the Apples of Sodom Lars Albinus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Ramifications of the Remarks
Ramifications of the Remarks An Emotional Philosophical Puppet Anders Klostergaard Petersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frazer and Realism/Anti-realism Concerning Religion Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Biographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425

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Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 429
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 14
Keywords: Wittgenstein; Ludwig; Frazer; James George; philosophy of religion

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Published: March 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783110455069

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Published: March 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783110453478