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About the Book

Hanna Pitkin argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.


Hanna Pitkin argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.

About the Author

Hanna Fenichel Pitkin is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Fortune is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolo Machiavelli (California, 1987).