This essay exemplifies Blumenberg's ideas about the ability of the historical study of metaphor to illuminate essential aspects of being human. Originally published in the same year as his "Work on My
This major work by the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg is a monumental rethinkingof the significance of the Copernican revolution for our understanding of modernity. It provides animportant correct
The first translation into English, with annotations and a critical introduction, of a significant study of the importance of the metaphor in philosophy.
The first translation into English, with annotations and a critical introduction, of a significant study of the importance of the metaphor in philosophy.
In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Lowith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention tha
In this rich examination of how we inherit and transform myths, Hans Blumenbergcontinues his study of the philosophical roots of the modern world. Work on Myth is in five parts.The first two analyze t
Shipwreck with Spectator traces the evolution of the complex of metaphors related tothe sea, to shipwreck, and to the role of the spectator in human culture from ancient Greece tomodern times.
In this collection of short meditations on various topics, Hans Blumenberg eschews academic ponderousness and writes in a genre evocative of Montaigne's Essais, Walter Benjamin's Denkbilder, or Ado
What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking that should be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or can they be used by philosopher
In this collection of short meditations on various topics, Hans Blumenberg eschews academic ponderousness and writes in a genre evocative of Montaigne's Essais, Walter Benjamin's Denkbilder, or Adorno
"Paradigms for a Metaphorology may be read as a kind of beginner's guide to Blumenberg, a programmatic introduction to his vast and multifaceted oeuvre. Its brevity makes it an ideal point of entry fo
In "Moses the Egyptian"—the centerpiece of Rigorism of Truth, the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg addresses two defining figures in the intellectual history of the twentieth century: Sigmund Freud
In "Moses the Egyptian"—the centerpiece of Rigorism of Truth, the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg addresses two defining figures in the intellectual history of the twentieth century: Sigmund Freud
