Ludwig Wittgenstein is generally considered as the greatest philosopher since Immanuel Kant, and his personal life, work, and his historical moment intertwined in a fascinating, complex web. Noted scholar Edward Kanterian explores these intersections in Ludwig Wittgenstein, the newest title in the acclaimed Critical Lives series.

Wittgenstein's works--from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to the posthumously published Philosophical Investigations---are notoriously dense, and Kanterian carefully distills them here, proposing thought-provoking new interpretations....