Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

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Wittgenstein and the Idea of a Critical Social Theory

by Nigel Pleasants and Neil Carter

Published 29 July 1999

This book uses the philosophy of Wittgenstein as a perspective from which to challenge the very idea of critical social theory, represented preeminently by Giddens, Habermas and Bhaskar. Renouncing the quest for an alternative Wittgensteinian theory of social and political life, the author shows that Wittgenstein nevertheless has considerable significance for critical thought and practice.