Wittgenstein and the Idea of a Critical Social Theory

Nigel Pleaants Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter.

• Chapter 1 Wittgenstein and Critical Social Theory; Chapter 2 Does Wittgenstein Mean What he Says?; Chapter 3 Winch, Wittgenstein and Critical Social Theory; Chapter 4 Wittgenstein’s Rule-Following Remarks and Critical Social Theory; Chapter 5 Hayek’s and Giddens’s Epistemological Argument Against Socialism; Chapter 6 ‘Free to Act Otherwise’?; Chapter 7 Milgram Versus Garfinkel; Chapter 8 Habermas and The Idea of a Critical Social Theory; Chapter 9 Conclusion;