
Picturing Life
Wittgenstein's Visual Ethics
Königshausen & Neumann (Publisher)
Published in March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-3-8260-5418-1 (ISBN)
Description
Wittgenstein's critique of philosophy often employed the notion of images. His various remarks on ethics and religion seem to suggest that we live in, and base our decisions on, images; it is simply part of our human form of life. Moreover, from his earliest writings Wittgenstein continually suggests that ethics cannot be captured propositionally, but that it is found in ways of seeing the world or in images which 'hold us captive'.
This collection will examine the role of imagery, symbolism and iconic practices in Wittgenstein's ethical thought, and thus contributes to the on-going, vital interest in Wittgensteinian ethics on the one hand, as well as to the recent debates on his notions in visual culture studies on the other. The papers combine these two fields of interest and provide fresh insight by approaching these issues from a philosophical as well as media and cultural studies perspective.
This collection will examine the role of imagery, symbolism and iconic practices in Wittgenstein's ethical thought, and thus contributes to the on-going, vital interest in Wittgensteinian ethics on the one hand, as well as to the recent debates on his notions in visual culture studies on the other. The papers combine these two fields of interest and provide fresh insight by approaching these issues from a philosophical as well as media and cultural studies perspective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Würzburg
Germany
Product notice
Saddle-stitched
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8260-5418-1 (9783826054181)
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Persons
Ronja Tripp promovierte mit einer rezeptions- und bildtheoretischen Arbeit über narrative Visualisierungsstrategien; sie ist Ko-Antragstellerin des DFG-Netzwerk "Literarische Visualität".
Karsten Schöllner arbeitet als Übersetzer im Bereich der Philosophie und promoviert am DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Lebensformen + Lebenswissen" mit einer Arbeit über die metaethische Rezeption von Wittgenstein.
Karsten Schöllner arbeitet als Übersetzer im Bereich der Philosophie und promoviert am DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Lebensformen + Lebenswissen" mit einer Arbeit über die metaethische Rezeption von Wittgenstein.