Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Peter Winch, a glimpse of a life
- 1 “Such understanding as I have”: The influence of Wittgenstein
- 2 “I was investigating the notion of the social”: The idea of a social science
- 3 “Seriously to study another way of life”: Understanding another society
- 4 “Good examples are indispensable”: The ethical life
- 5 “The concept of God is used”: The religious forms of life
- 6 “The interval of hesitation”: Peter Winch's Simone Weil
- 7 “Someone willing to die for truth”: Peter Winch's legacy
- Envoi
- References
- Index
Contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Peter Winch, a glimpse of a life
- 1 “Such understanding as I have”: The influence of Wittgenstein
- 2 “I was investigating the notion of the social”: The idea of a social science
- 3 “Seriously to study another way of life”: Understanding another society
- 4 “Good examples are indispensable”: The ethical life
- 5 “The concept of God is used”: The religious forms of life
- 6 “The interval of hesitation”: Peter Winch's Simone Weil
- 7 “Someone willing to die for truth”: Peter Winch's legacy
- Envoi
- References
- Index
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- Peter Winch , pp. vPublisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 1999