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History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader / Hans Blumenberg ; edited, translated, and wi...

History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader /...

History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader / Hans Blumenberg ; edited, translated, and wi...

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History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader / Hans Blumenberg ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Hannes Bajohr, Florian Fuchs, and Joe Paul Kroll.

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Full title

History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader / Hans Blumenberg ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Hannes Bajohr, Florian Fuchs, and Joe Paul Kroll.

Publisher

Ithaca : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2020.

Uniform title

Works. Selections. English

Call Numbers

G 2021/2651

Record Identifier

74VKaXkGVEvA

MMS ID

991024437827602626

Language

English

German

(Language of original)

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

viii, 609 pages ; 23 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Hans Blumenberg : an Introduction / Hannes Bajohr, Florian Fuchs, Joe Paul Kroll -- Part I. History, secularization, and reality. The linguistic reality of philosophy (1946/1947) -- World pictures and world models (1961) -- "Secularization" : critique of a category of historical illegitimacy (1964)...

Publication information

Publisher

Ithaca : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2020.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2020.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The philosopher Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) has, in the quarter-century since his death, become a modern classic in his native Germany, making him one of the most important philosophers of the post-war period. This collection offers an invaluable guide, containing both his most important philosophical essays as well as selections of his non-academ...

Alternative Titles

Full title

History, metaphors, fables : a Hans Blumenberg reader / Hans Blumenberg ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Hannes Bajohr, Florian Fuchs, and Joe Paul Kroll.

Notes

General note

Signale transfer : German thought in translation

Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-592) and index.

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Language note

Translated from the German.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2020

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2021/2651

Record Identifier

74VKaXkGVEvA

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXkGVEvA

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ISBN

150173282X

9781501732829

DDC

193

MMS ID

991024437827602626

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