Hans Blumenberg: 5 books

Book cover of Rigorism of Truth

Rigorism of Truth

"Moses the Egyptian" and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt

by Hans Blumenberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018

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 and Hannah Arendt. Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud’s Moses and Monotheism...
Book cover of The Laughter of the Thracian Woman

The Laughter of the Thracian Woman

A Protohistory of Theory

by Hans Blumenberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015

An important work by 20-century philosopher Hans Blumenberg, here translated into English for the first time, The Laughter of the Thracian Woman describes the reception history of an anecdote best known from Plato's Theaetetus dialogue: while focused on observing the stars, the early astronomer and...
Book cover of Paradigms for a Metaphorology
by Hans Blumenberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011

What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, rhetorical flourishes that may well help to make philosophy more accessible to a lay audience, but that ought ideally to be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or...
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Gegenschuß

Texte über Filmemacher und Filme 1980–1983

by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Language: German
Release Date: January 15, 2016

In 55 Aufsätzen, Kritiken, Porträts und Interviews beschreibt Hans-Christoph Blumenberg Themen, Tendenzen und Widersprüche des internationalen Films der frühen achtziger Jahre. Ein Lesevergnügen für Kino-Freunde. (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)
Book cover of Kinozeit

Kinozeit

Aufsätze und Kritiken zum modernen Film 1976–1980

by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Language: German
Release Date: January 15, 2016

Der Band enthält 72 Texte, die Hans C. Blumenberg zwischen 1976 und 1980 für die ZEIT geschrieben hat: keine repräsentative, gar "ausgewogene" Übersicht über das internationale Kino, sondern Aufsätze und Kritiken, die nicht zuletzt sehr subjektive Vorlieben und Antipathien widerspiegeln....
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