History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader

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.

© 2020 Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library (Ebook): 9781501747991

Translators: Hannes Bajohr, Florian Fuchs, Joe Paul Kroll

Release date

Ebook: 15 June 2020