Culture and Value Revisited

The aim of the project is to provide the community of scholars concerned with the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein with an electronic edition of the text known in German as Vermischte Bemerkungen (Wittgenstein, 1977, 1994) and Culture and Value in English (Wittgenstein, 1980, 1998) which contains a full historical-biographical-cultural commentary along with links to the source manuscripts as well as a new critical translation of the German text into English. As such this new edition would at once deepen our understanding of the cultural dimension in Wittgenstein`s writings and the philosophical significance of his correspondence. However, this edition would at the same time be a pilot project in linking the Bergen Electronic Edition (BEE) of Wittgenstein`s philosophical papers to the Brenner Archives` electronic edition of Wittgenstein`s complete correspondence (ICE). It thus will add value to the achievements of each of these large-scale projects both from the scholarly point of view and as products on the market. Moreover, the project will intensify the co-operation between the Wittgenstein Archives in Bergen (WAB) and the Brenner Archives Research Institute in Innsbruck (FIBA) in philological matters bearing upon Wittgenstein by preparing the empirical basis for new investigations into cultural history as well as into Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture. Finally, although the project`s starting point and centre is the text of Culture and Value, it will complete building the research base for understanding Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture by extending its scope to other texts in the Wittgenstein Nachlass pertaining to Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture, and to all relevant texts in Wittgenstein`s work as a whole, including his complete correspondence.

The aim of the project is to provide the community of scholars concerned with the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein with an electronic edition of the text known in German as Vermischte Bemerkungen (Wittgenstein, 1977, 1994) and Culture and Value in English (Wittgenstein, 1980, 1998) which contains a full historical-biographical-cultural commentary along with links to the source manuscripts as well as a new critical translation of the German text into English. As such this new edition would at once deepen our understanding of the cultural dimension in Wittgenstein`s writings and the philosophical significance of his correspondence. However, this edition would at the same time be a pilot project in linking the Bergen Electronic Edition (BEE) of Wittgenstein`s philosophical papers to the Brenner Archives` electronic edition of Wittgenstein`s complete correspondence (ICE). It thus will add value to the achievements of each of these large-scale projects both from the scholarly point of view and as products on the market. Moreover, the project will intensify the co-operation between the Wittgenstein Archives in Bergen (WAB) and the Brenner Archives Research Institute in Innsbruck (FIBA) in philological matters bearing upon Wittgenstein by preparing the empirical basis for new investigations into cultural history as well as into Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture. Finally, although the project`s starting point and centre is the text of Culture and Value, it will complete building the research base for understanding Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture by extending its scope to other texts in the Wittgenstein Nachlass pertaining to Wittgenstein`s philosophy of culture, and to all relevant texts in Wittgenstein`s work as a whole, including his complete correspondence.