Revolution of the Ordinary

This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy—a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell—to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy’s unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and the world, dispel the notion of literatu...

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This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy—a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell—to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy’s unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and the world, dispel the notion of literature as a monolithic concept, and teach readers how to learn from a literary text.

Introduction
Part I Wittgenstein
1 “Five Red Apples”
2 Our Lives in Language
3 Concepts
4 Thinking through Examples
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Introduction
Part I Wittgenstein
1 “Five Red Apples”
2 Our Lives in Language
3 Concepts
4 Thinking through Examples
Part II Differences
5 Saussure
6 Signs, Marks, and Archie Bunker
7 Critique, Clarity, and Common Sense
Part III Reading
8 “Nothing Is Hidden”
9 Reading as a Practice of Acknowledgment
10 Language, Judgment, and Attention
END MATTER
Works Cited
Index
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