Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence

ISBN-13: 9780367368913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

R. Krishnaswamy

Opis

This volume builds on the political philosophy of Wittgenstein, his notions of peace and violence, to explore how violence in any form is contained within culturally or ideologically formed institutions.

Spis treści

1 Modernity and the instrumentality of violence 2 Violence and the body 3 The silent stories we tell 4 Wittgensteinian interventions 5 The rules of the everyday world 6 Conclusion: tying the knots

O autorze

R. Krishnaswamy is an assistant professor at the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities (JSLH), O.P. Jindal Global University (O.P. JGU), Haryana, India. He is interested in the interface of language and the mind.