Austrian philosophy

This book contains studies by J. C. Nyiri , From Eötvös to Musil. Philosophy and its Negation in Austria and Hungary„ William M. Johnston , Cultural Criticism as a Neglected Topic in Austrian Studies“ Lee Congdon "The Tragic Sense of Life: Lukacs's 'The Soul and Forms'„ Allan Janik “Wittgenstein: An Austrian Enigma„ Rudolf Haller “Wittgenstein and Austrian Phjlosophy„ Ferruccio Rossi-Landi , Towards a Marxian Use of Wittgenstein“ Robert Musil , Der deutsche Mensch als Symptom„ Joseph Eötvös , Der Einfluß der herrschenden Ideen des 19. Jahrhunderts auf den Staat“ This important collection of original pieces and translations on Austrian philosophy rests on two axes: the background of liberalism and pluralism in the Monarchy, especially as this manifested itself in the work of Hungarian authors; and the work of Wittgenstein relation to Austrian philosophy and also - in Rossi-Landi's masterly essay, here translated into English for the first time - in relation to philosophy in the Anglo-Saxon world. Of interest to: philosophers, historians, historians of literature