Wittgenstein on the “foreign” experience



What a statement seems to imply to me, it doesn’t to you. If you should ever live amongst foreign people for any length of time and be dependent on them you will understand my difficulty. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Posted 28 Jul, 2014. Modified 6 Dec, 2025.
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About Torgeir Fjeld
Torgeir Fjeld is a writer, publisher, and educational administrator with PhDs in Philosophy (European Graduate School, 2017) and Cultural Theory (Roehampton University, 2012). His latest books include Introducing Ereignis: Philosophy, Technology, Way of Life (2022) and Rock Philosophy (2019). Fjeld regularly publishes articles in journals such as Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, International Journal of Žižek Studies, and Journal of Silence Studies in Education. Fjeld serves as Head of the Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts. He is a Publisher at Tankebanen forlag, and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Inscriptions. Fjeld has taught at universities across North America, Europe, and Africa.
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