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- Publisher: Century; First Edition edition (1 Jan 1998)
- ASIN: B002KDRT72
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The hype about Cornish's historical suggestions (that Hitler found his schoolmate Wittgenstein really annoying, and that Wittgenstein grew up to be the major recruiter of Communist spies in Cambridge) have somewhat obscured the interesting interpretation of Wittgenstein's own philosophy (the "no-ownership" theory of consciousness) and the perversion of it in Nazi ideology. Cornish makes clear that the philosophy is politically and ethically relevant. It's not unconvincing as an account of Wittgenstein, and - to me - very unconvincing as an account of consciousness! Well worth reading, even if only for material with which to annoy Wittgensteinians.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite having come to the subject somewhat yellow (in that, remarkably, I knew more about Wittgentsein than Hitler), I found this an increasingly fascinating and provocative read. It is a book which seeks to challenge our presuppositions and presents the theory that the Jew mentioned in Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' could be Wittgenstein? Further 'evidence' leads to the hypothesis that Wittgenstein was linked with the Cambridge spy ring which was instrumental in bringing down the Third Reich (and as Cornish says, 'Ask yourself why Wittgenstein would be offered an academic post in Russia?'). The book also seeks to present the idea that Jewish theology was anathema to Hitler's own immanent contruals. Did Hitler incorporate and develop Wittgentsein's early philosophy as the theory behind his own evil regime? This is an hypothesis Cornish is reluctant to press, but one which is not easily ignored. As we know, history is far more elusive than any one (or a number) of texts books and historians would have us believe. Think you know Hitler and Wittgenstein? Time to makeup your own mind... again!
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is quite the most remarkable book I have ever read - utterly eccentric - zany even - yet in the end, if not 100% convincing, what amazes most is that it totally convincing in what really matters. The author's claim is that the key to understanding twentieth century history is what he calls "Wittgenstein's no-ownership theory of mind". This, he claims, is identical with what is known of early Indo-European (or "Aryan", as he misleadingly writes) religious doctrines about a common consciousness, such as one still finds in India. These, he says, are the key (via Schopenhauer) both to Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and to Hitler's power to move crowds with language. The book has convinced me that there really is a connection between the young Wittgenstein - with his hope of a "final solution" of the problems of philosophy and his schoolmate Hitler's own dream of a somewhat different "final solution". It is simply amazing that nearly 60 years after the war, we can face the possibility that the received version of twentieth century history and of Hitler's antisemitism might need, not revision at the edges, but total overhaul. This book opens up more than one entirely new field of research.
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A stunning piece of research
Cornish's theses are: 1. the Jew who was the occasion of Hitler becoming anti-Semitic was the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein with whom Hitler attended school. 2. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2002
Very poor indeed
This book isn't worth the paper it's printed on. The idea of the Holocaust being caused by a quarrel between two schoolboys may sound appealing for a cheap novel, but it has no... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 1999
Utter nonsense
This book isn't worth the paper it's printed on. The idea of the Holocaust being caused by a quarrel between two schoolboys may sound appealing for a cheap novel, but it has no... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 1999
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