Marx and Wittgenstein

8vo, hardcover, 320pp.Part I: Conventional Wisdom1. T. P. Uschanov Ernest Gellner's Criticisms of Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language PhilosophyPart II: Commonalities2. Ted Schatzki Marx and Wittgenstein as Natural Historians3. David Rubinstein Marx and Wittgenstein: Culture and Practical Reason4. David Andrews Commodity Fetishism as a Form of Life: Language and Value in Wittgenstein and Marx5. Terrell Carver Marx, Wittgenstein and PostmodernismPart III: Wittgenstein and Sraffa6. Keiran Sharpe Sraffa's Influence on Wittgenstein: a Conjecture7. John B. Davis A Marxist Influence on Wittgenstein via SraffaPart IV: Disjunctions8. Ted Benton Wittgenstein, Winch and Marx9. Nigel Pleasants Towards a Critical use of Marx and WittgensteinPart V: Forerunners10. Ferruccio Rossi-Landi Towards a Marxian use of Wittgenstein11. Joachim Israel Remarks on Marxism and the Philosophy of LanguagePart VI: Knowledge, Morality and Politics12. Gavin Kitching Marxism and Reflexivity13. Rupert Read Marx and Wittgenstein on Vampires and Parasites: a Critique of Capital and Metaphysics14. K. T. Fann Beyond Marx and Wittgenstein (A Confession of a Wittgensteinian Marxist turned Taoist)At first sight, Karl Marx and Ludwig Wittgenstein may well seem to be as different from each other as it is possible for the ideas of two major intellectuals to be. Despite this standard conception, however, a small number of scholars have long suggested that there are deeper philosophical commonalities between Marx and Wittgenstein. They have argued that, once grasped, these commonalities can radically change and enrich understanding both of Marxism and of Wittgensteinian philosophy. This book develops and extends this unorthodox view, emphasising the mutual enrichment that comes from bringing Marx's and Wittgenstein's ideas into dialogue with one another.Essential reading for all scholars and philosophers interested in the Marxist philosophy and the philosophy of Wittgenstein, this book will also be of vital interest to those studying and researching in the fields of social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of social science and political economy.