Open AccessWittgenstein on British Anti-Nazi Propaganda
Author(s) -
Nuno Venturinha,
Jonathan Smith
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nordic wittgenstein review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2194-6825
pISSN - 2242-248X
DOI - 10.15845/nwr.v7i2.3518
Subject(s) - nazism , wright , criticism , period (music) , classics , philosophy , art history , literature , history , art , german , aesthetics , linguistics
This paper contains a historical introduction and an edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript of Wittgenstein's that was found among G. H. von Wright's materials kept in Helsinki. The document concentrates on British anti-Nazi propaganda and was written in 1945. Wittgenstein's criticism of this kind of propaganda, such as that promoted by Robert Vansittart, is also present in other sources of this period belonging to both the Nachlass and the correspondence.