History, Metaphors, Fables
Home > Religion, Philosophy & Sprituality > Philosophy > Philosophical traditions and schools of thought > History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)
History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)

History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Available


X
About the Book

History, Metaphors, Fables collects the central writings by Hans Blumenberg and covers topics such as on the philosophy of language, metaphor theory, non-conceptuality, aesthetics, politics, and literary studies. This landmark volume demonstrates Blumenberg's intellectual breadth and gives an overview of his thematic and stylistic range over four decades. Blumenberg's early philosophy of technology becomes tangible, as does his critique of linguistic perfectibility and conceptual thought, his theory of history as successive concepts of reality", his anthropology, or his studies of literature. History, Metaphors, Fables allows readers to discover a master thinker whose role in the German intellectual post-war scene can hardly be overestimated.

Table of Contents:
1. The Linguistic Realityof Philosophy (1946/1947) 2. World Pictures and World Models (1961) 3. "Secularization": Critique of a Category ofHistorical Illegitimacy (1964) 4. The Concept of Realityand the Theory of the State(1968/1969) 5. Preliminary Remarks on the Concept of Reality(1974) 6. Light as a Metaphorfor Truth: At the PreliminaryStage of Philosophical Concept Formation (1957) 7. Introduction to Paradigms for a Metaphorology(1960) 8. An Anthropological Approach to the ContemporarySignificance of Rhetoric(1971) 9. Observations Drawn from Metaphors(1971) 10. Prospect for a Theory of Nonconceptuality (1979) 11. Theory of Nonconceptuality (circa 1975, excerpt) 12. The Relationship between Nature and Technologyas a Philosophical Problem(1951) 13. "Imitation of Nature":: Towarda Prehistory ofthe Idea of the Creative Being (1957) 14. Phenomenological Aspects on Life-Worldand Technization (1963) 15. Socrates and the objet ambigu: Paul Valéry'sDiscussion of the Ontology of the AestheticObject and Its Tradition (1964) 16. The Essential Ambiguity of the AestheticObject (1966) 17. Speech Situation and Immanent Poetics (1966) 18. The Absolute Father(1952/1953) 19. The Mythos and Ethos of Americain the Workof William Faulkner (1958) 20. The Concept of Realityand the Possibility of theNovel (1964) 21. Pensiveness (1980) 22. Moments of Goethe (1982) 23. Beyond the Edge of Reality: Three Short Essays (1983) 24. Of Nonunderstanding: Glosses on Three Fables (1984) 25. Unknown Aesopica: From Newly Found Fables (1985) 26. Advancing into Eternal Silence: A Centuryafterthe Sailing of the Fram (1993)

About the Author :
Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996) was one of the most important German philosophers of the twentieth century. An intellectual historian as well, he created the concept of metaphorology, which states that the limits of conceptual thought can be overcome by studying the world-views hidden in metaphors. Florian Fuchs is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Hannes Bajohr is a Research Fellow at the Media Studies Department at the University of Basel. Joe Paul Kroll is a freelance translator, editor, and writer.

Review :
The Reader is a kind of belated debutante ball for Hans Blumenberg, inviting a new audience to view Blumenberg not only at his entrance to scholarly life in the 1940s but also to key moments in his ascent of the rarefied staircase of German intellectual history, leading to rooms unintended for commoners. (Critical Inquiry) A landmark contribution to English-language work on Blumenberg. It gathers in a single paperback volume Blumenberg's most important essays, many of which also appear here in English for the first time. This will allow Blumenberg's thought to be read, cited, taught, and studied in English-speaking contexts on an entirely different scale and in entirely different ways than before... Here, in pieces intended for solo publication that range in length from four to approximately forty pages, the Reader presents a version of Blumenberg's thought that is sharper, spryer, more focused and more accessible than those that have appeared before. (The Germanic Review) Bound to provide much needed nourishment, History, Metaphors, Fables provides readers with a sample broad enough to appreciate the prolific scope of the author's interests, in subject matters and genres alike, yet reasoned enough to prevent a loss of bearings. The resulting compilation should enable inquiries for guiding threads across a vast and variegated corpus. (Contributions to the History of Concepts) The Reader provides us with an impressive cross-sectional sample of important essays by Blumenberg, essays that will make his ideas available in a serious form, but without the months-long labors necessary for any reader to make his or her way through the six to eight hundred page tomes that constitute the cornerstones of Blumenberg's approach. (PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY) Bajohr, Fuchs, and Kroll have gathered, in the best translation this great prose stylist has received, fundamental short texts by Blumenberg that were the seeds of his later encyclopedic volumes (Common Knowledge)


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781501732829
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation
  • Sub Title: A Hans Blumenberg Reader
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 150173282X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jun 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 44 mm
  • Weight: 1361 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)
Cornell University Press -
History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader(Signale TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!