Essays on Wittgenstein and Weininger (Studien zur Oesterreichischen Philosophie) (Studien Zur Oesterreichischen Philosophie)

Allan Janik. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The essay entitled "Writing about Weininger" (pp. 96-115) is a critique of Jacques Le Rider's book "Le Cas Otto Weininger: Racines de l'antiféminisme et de l'antisémitisme" (Paris, 1982). Argues that Le Rider did not treat the issues raised in Weininger's "Geschlecht und Charakter" in their historical-philosophical context, judging them, instead, by current moral standards as antisemitic, anti-feminist, and irrational. Denies Le Rider's claim that Weininger influenced Hitler and that he was a self-hating Jew. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)