Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion
Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion expounds and analyses the argument of Wittgenstein's Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough . It details the reasons for Wittgenstein's rejection of the intellectualist theory of religion, and suggests a new interpretation of h
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Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion Brian R. Clack
Tutor in Philosophy St Clare's International College Oxford
First published in Great Britain 1999 by
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978-1-349-40020-1 IDOI 10.1057/ 9780230371682
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First published in the United States of America 1999 by
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Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-21642-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clack, Brian R. Wittgenstein, Frazer, and religion I Brian R. Clack. p. em. Some materials have been previously published in several journals. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-21642-9 (cloth) 1. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951-Religion. 2. Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854--1941. Golden bough. 3. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Bemerkungen tlberFrazers Golden bough. 4. Magic. 5. Religion. 6. Mythology. 7. Superstition. I. Title. B3376.W564C57 1998 200'.92-dc21 98-21471 CIP © Brian R. Clack 1999
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Contents Preface 1
Introduction
Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion 1.1 Wittgenstein and Religion 1.2 The Golden Bough 1.3 Wittgenstein and The Golden Bough
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Part I Expressivism 2 Wittgenstein' s 'Expressivism'
2.1 The Seeds of 'Wittgenstein's Expressivism' 2.2 The Blossoming of the Expressive Theory 2.3 Beattie's Form of Expressivism
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The Possibility of Expressivism 3.1 The Dynamics of Expressivism 3.2 Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Possibility of Expressivism
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Part II Methodology: Description and Explanation 4
Perspicuous Representation 4.1 The Ideal of Perspicuity in Wittgenstein' s Later Philosophy 4.2 Perspicuous Representations and Magico-Religious Phenomena 4.3 Perspicuous Representation a 'Making Clear'
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The Prohibition on Explanati
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