Foreword 7(2) Rules, attunement, and ``applying words to the world The struggle to understand Wittgensteins vision of language 9(16) Hilary Putnam Wittgenstein Between pragmatism and deconstruction 25(18) Linda M. G. Zerilli Wittgensteins deconstructive legacy 43(20) Henry Staten Wittgensteins critical hermeneutics: from physics to aesthetics 63(12) Allan Janik Deconstruction and the ordinary 75(18) Stephen Mulhall A prolegomenon to the reading of later Wittgenstein 93(38) James Conant Wittgenstein and the ethos of democracy 131(8) Chantal Mouffe Democracy, perfectionism and ``undetermined messianic hope Cavell, Derrida and the ethos of democracy-to-come 139(18) David Owen ``How hard I find it to see what is right in front of me Wittgensteins quest for ``simplicity and ordinariness 157(6) Ludwig Nagl Notes on contributors 163
