Ludwig Wittgenstein by Miles Hollingworth (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Ludwig Wittgenstein by Miles Hollingworth In this reflexive, full-length essay on Ludwig Wittgensteins life and thought, Miles Hollingworth explores Wittgensteins ellusive religious mysticism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description After his intellectual biography, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Miles Hollingworth now turns his attention to one of Augustines greatest modern admirers: The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgensteins influence on post-war philosophical investigation has been pervasive, while his eccentric life has entered folklore. Yet his religious mysticism has remained elusive and undisturbed. In Ludwig Wittgenstein,Hollingworth continues to pioneer a new kind of biographical writing. It stands at the intersection of philosophy, theology and literary criticism, and is as much concerned with the secret agendas of life writing as it is with itsSubjects. Here, Wittgenstein is allowed to become the ultimate test case. From first to last, his philosophy sought to demonstrate that intellectual certainty is a function of the method it employs, rather than a knowledge of the existence or non-existence of its objects--a devastating insight that appears to make the natural and the supernatural into equally useless examples of each other. This biography proceeds in the same way. Scattered in every direction by this challenge to meaning, itattempts to retrieve itself around the spirit of the man who could say such things. This act of recovery thus performs what could not otherwise be explained, which is something like Wittgensteinsprivate conversation with God. Author Biography Miles Hollingworth is the author of several books, including Saint Augustine of Hippo: An Intellectual Biography (OUP 2013). He has received the Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction from the Royal Society of Literature and the Elizabeth Longford Scholarship from the Society of Authors. Table of Contents IntroductionChapter 1 - On the Spirit of a ManChapter 2 - Biography versus GeniusChapter 3 - Numbers StationChapter 4 - When the Camera is on UsChapter 5 - Sex and the Last StandAppendixIndex of NamesIndex Review "This book displays an inheritance from Wittgensteins philosophy and life that is different than many other interpretations. Hollingworth has chosen to write the text in a way that is inherently self-conscious, and one can see how this style of writing could emerge from studies of Wittgensteins own self-criticism and forms of writing. It is good to be reminded that there are many possible ways in which a philosophers life and work may be received." -- ThomasD. Carroll, Reading Religion"Summing up: Recommended" -- CHOICE"If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits. This is a book that is informed by Wittgensteins profoundly mystical and pioneering sensibility. Eccentric, eclectic, elegant, esoteric and erudite it cracks open conventional ways of approaching philosophy and biography and is all the better for it. Iwas intrigued, moved, dazzled and confounded. Certainly the best non-fiction book I read in 2018." -- Salley Vickers, author of Miss Garnets Angel"Hollingworth swivels often and so gracefully from his subject to our subjectivity that youll come quickly to see how much fun humanistic learning can be. He brings you originality, surprise, provocation, and a Wittgenstein youll not be expecting and will not soon be forgetting."--Peter Iver Kaufman, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies, University ofRichmond"In short, this book is a tour de force its all here: philosophy, mathematics, aesthetics, psychology, literature, words, love, sex, God, silence. Reading Ludwig Wittgenstein is like waking up from a dream and knowing you will never see the world in the same way again."--Todd Breyfogle, Director of Seminars for the Aspen Institute"This is a staggeringly original book, huge in ambition and achievement alike."--Rowan Williams"As quixotic as it sounds, this biography battles against the deadening effect of biographies, it drags the hidden biographer â the disengaged biographer being a pose, an act â into the light." -- Nick Mattiske , Insights Magazine Long Description After his intellectual biography of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Miles Hollingworth now turns his attention to one of Augustines greatest modern admirers: The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgensteins influence on post-war philosophical investigation has been pervasive, while his eccentric personal life has entered folklore. Yet his religious mysticism has remained elusive and undisturbed.In Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hollingworth continues to pioneer a new kind of biographical writing. It stands at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and literary criticism, and is as much concerned with the secret agendas of life writing as it is with its subjects. Here, Wittgenstein is allowed to become the ultimate test case. From first to last, his philosophy sought to demonstrate that intellectual certainty is a function of the method it employs, rather than a knowledge of theexistence or non-existence of its objectsa devastating insight that appears to make the natural and the supernatural into equally useless examples of each other. Scattered in every direction by this challenge to meaning, this biography attempts to retrieve itself around the spirit of the man who could say suchthings. This act of recovery thus performs what could not otherwise be explained, which is something like Wittgensteins private conversation with God. Review Text "This book displays an inheritance from Wittgensteins philosophy and life that is different than many other interpretations. Hollingworth has chosen to write the text in a way that is inherently self-conscious, and one can see how this style of writing could emerge from studies of Wittgensteins own self-criticism and forms of writing. It is good to be reminded that there are many possible ways in which a philosophers life and work may be received." -- ThomasD. Carroll, Reading Religion"Summing up: Recommended" -- CHOICE"If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits. This is a book that is informed by Wittgensteins profoundly mystical and pioneering sensibility. Eccentric, eclectic, elegant, esoteric and erudite it cracks open conventional ways of approaching philosophy and biography and is all the better for it. Iwas intrigued, moved, dazzled and confounded. Certainly the best non-fiction book I read in 2018." -- Salley Vickers, author of Miss Garnets Angel"Hollingworth swivels often and so gracefully from his subject to our subjectivity that youll come quickly to see how much fun humanistic learning can be. He brings you originality, surprise, provocation, and a Wittgenstein youll not be expecting and will not soon be forgetting."--Peter Iver Kaufman, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies, University ofRichmond"In short, this book is a tour de force its all here: philosophy, mathematics, aesthetics, psychology, literature, words, love, sex, God, silence. Reading Ludwig Wittgenstein is like waking up from a dream and knowing you will never see the world in the same way again."--Todd Breyfogle, Director of Seminars for the Aspen Institute"This is a staggeringly original book, huge in ambition and achievement alike."--Rowan Williams"As quixotic as it sounds, this biography battles against the deadening effect of biographies, it drags the hidden biographer the disengaged biographer being a pose, an act into the light." -- Nick Mattiske , Insights Magazine Review Quote "This book displays an inheritance from Wittgensteins philosophy and life that is different than many other interpretations. Hollingworth has chosen to write the text in a way that is inherently self-conscious, and one can see how this style of writing could emerge from studies of Wittgensteins own self-criticism and forms of writing. It is good to be reminded that there are many possible ways in which a philosophers life and work may be received." -- Thomas D. Carroll, Reading Religion "Summing up: Recommended" -- CHOICE "If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits. This is a book that is informed by Wittgensteins profoundly mystical and pioneering sensibility. Eccentric, eclectic, elegant, esoteric and erudite it cracks open conventional ways of approaching philosophy and biography and is all the better for it. I was intrigued, moved, dazzled and confounded. Certainly the best non-fiction book I read in 2018." -- Salley Vickers, author of Miss Garnets Angel "Hollingworth swivels often and so gracefully from his subject to our subjectivity that youll come quickly to see how much fun humanistic learning can be. He brings you originality, surprise, provocation, and a Wittgenstein youll not be expecting and will not soon be forgetting."--Peter Iver Kaufman, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies, University of Richmond "In short, this book is a tour de force its all here: philosophy, mathematics, aesthetics, psychology, literature, words, love, sex, God, silence. Reading Ludwig Wittgenstein is like waking up from a dream and knowing you will never see the world in the same way again."--Todd Breyfogle, Director of Seminars for the Aspen Institute "This is a staggeringly original book, huge in ambition and achievement alike."--Rowan Williams "As quixotic as it sounds, this biography battles against the deadening effect of biographies, it drags the hidden biographer the disengaged biographer being a pose, an act into the light." -- Nick Mattiske , Insights Magazine Feature Selling point: The first full-length essay on Wittgensteins life and thought togetherSelling point: Puts Wittgensteins religious mysticism into an entirely new key, beyond God, Belief, Proof, and ExistenceSelling point: Offers a radical new way of understanding Wittgensteins sexuality and attitude to sex as the key to his spiritual and intellectual identitySelling point: Challenges the view of Wittgenstein as a damaged schizoid Details ISBN019087399X Author Miles Hollingworth ISBN-10 019087399X ISBN-13 9780190873998 Format Hardcover Year 2018 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 192 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Pages 304 Language English Publication Date 2018-11-29 UK Release Date 2018-11-29 NZ Release Date 2018-11-29 US Release Date 2018-11-29 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2018-10-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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