The Danger of Words

Language: English

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973

0710075960 / 9780710075963

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1973. First edition. xvi, 141pp. The book is bound in the original red boards with black titling on the spine. Previous owner's name to ffep. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. The unclipped dustwrapper has light shelf wear with light soiling. Maurice O'Connor Drury (1907-1976) was an Irish psychiatrist, best known for his accounts of his conversations, and close friendship, with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. He lectured medical students on psychology in Trinity College and the Royal College of Surgeons. The Danger of Words is his only book, and has been described by Ray Monk as "in its attitudes and concerns, more truly Wittgensteinian" than almost any other book published by one of Wittgenstein's students. Drury brought Wittgenstein's "critique of language" to bear on the practice of medicine, and particularly psychology that promised the same control over the mind that physics achieved with matter. This promise, pointed out Drury, was one where the delivery date was always being pushed into the future.

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Title
The Danger of Words
Author
Drury, M. O'C. [Maurice O'Connor]
Publisher
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Publication year
1973
Condition
Very Good Plus
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Very Good
Binding
Red Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0710075960
ISBN 13
9780710075963
Edition
First Edition
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7.5"tall
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