Discusses the reception and influence of the work, which occupies a niche between philosophy and literary studies.

This provocative volume provides a unique and controversial analysis of the genesis and evolution of Judaeo-Christian intellectual thought.

Challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are 'scientific'. This book outlines a theological social theory, and in doing so, engages with a wide range of thinkers from Plato to Deleuze.

On 25th October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The meeting was a disaster, their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of legend. This book tells what really went on in that room.

Offers unfinished sketches for Philosophical Investigations . This title contains: The Blue Book - A set of notes dictated to Witgenstein's Cambridge students and The Brown Book - A draft for what eventually became the growth of the first part of Philosophical Investigations . It is intended for students of Witgenstein's thought.

In this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life.