Wittgenstein and Society: Essays in Conceptual Puzzlement: Essays in Conceptual Puzzlement

by Gavin Kitching

This title was first published in 2003. In this collection of essays, Gavin Kitching argues that the whole project of a "science of society" is radically misconceived - the pursuit of an objective that would not be desirable even if it was possible, but which is (fortunately) impossible. In the early essays, dating from the 1980s, Kitching still considers himself a "social scientist" seeking, in Wittgenstein's philosophy, a sound philosophical "basis"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138711314
• ISBN13: 9781138711310
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge