Otto Weininger

Laura Marcus

Ladislaus Lob

Daniel Steuer

An Investigation Of Fundamental Principles

Sex And Character

Antonia Hofstätter

Throughout his work, the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno repeatedly invokes the rhinoceros. Taking its cue from one of these passages in Aesthetic Theory, 'So a rhinoceros, the mute animal, seems to say: I am a rhinoceros', this book explores the life of this animal in Adorno's texts, and articulates the nuanced interconnections between art, nature and critique in his thought. By thus illuminating key elements of Adorno's work, this volume reveals the invaluable contributions that this 'classical' thinker can make to our current reflections on the various pressing natural and political crises of our times.

Art, Nature, Critique

Adorno’s Rhinoceros

Sascha Bru

Wolfgang Huemer

Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. Wittgenstein Reading approaches the moment of literature as a vehicle of self-reflection for Wittgenstein. What sounds, on the surface, like criticism (e.g. of Shakespeare) can equally be understood as a simple registration of Wittgenstein's own reaction, hence a piece of self-diagnosis or self-analysis. The book brings a representative sample of authors, from Shakespeare, Goethe, or Dostoyevsky to some that have received far less attention in Wittgenstein scholarship like Kleist, Lessing,or Wilhelm Busch and Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. Furthermore, the volume offersmeans for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts. Unique to this book is its internal design. The editors' introduction sets the scene with regards to both biography and theory, while each of the subsequent chapters takes a quotation from Wittgenstein on a particular author as its point of departure for developing a more specific theme relating to the writer in question. This format serves to avoid the well-trodden paths of discussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature, allowing for unconventional observations to be made. Furthermore, the volume offersmeans for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts.

Wittgenstein Reading

Kai Buchheister

Musik und Literatur. Sie spielen in Wittgensteins Denken ebenso eine wichtige Rolle wie Physik, Mathematik, Psychologie, Psychoanalyse und Anthropologie. Daher gehen von seinen Texten viele unterschiedliche Impulse aus. So bietet Wittengensteins Werk Ansatzpunkte von einander entgegengesetzten Standpunkten aus auf das Werk zuzugehen. Die vorliegende Monographie stellt Wittgensteins Philosophie verständlich und einführend und im Überblick erläuternd dar.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Daniel Steuer

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