Language and Solitude

In this work, Gellner shows how the thought of both Wittgenstein and Malinowski grew from a common background of assumptions - widely shared in the Habsburg Emp... » 

In this work, Gellner shows how the thought of both Wittgenstein and Malinowski grew from a common background of assumptions - widely shared in the Habsburg Empire of their youth - about human nature, society, and language. «