Language and solitude : Wittgenstein, Malinowski, and the Habsburg dilemma
Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) has been described as 'one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals'. His last book throws new light on two leading thinkers of their time. Wittgenstein, arguably the most influential and the most cited philosopher of the twentieth century, is fa...
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