Wittgenstein and his times

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Anthony Kenny attempts to reconcile Wittgenstein's apparently contradictory images of the nature of philosophy; McGuinness explores the similarities of method between philosophy as Wittgenstein practices it and psychoanalysis; J. C. Nyiri examines the influence on Wittgenstein of Spengler and the conservative fascination with mythology, symbolism, gesture, and ritual in Frazer's Golden Bough, G. H. von Wright sums up Wittgenstein's relation to his times and stresses his alienation from contemporary attitudes.