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Rigorism of Truth: Moses the Egyptian and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt

Rigorism of Truth: Moses the Egyptian and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt - Paperback

by Hans Blumenberg
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hans Blumenberg, Joe Paul Kroll (Translator), Ahlrich Meyer (Editor)Series:Signale-Transfer: German Thought in TranslationAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2018-02-15Pages:108
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501716720ISBN-10:1501716727UPC:9781501716720Book Category:Philosophy, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Europe, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:GermanySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCENMGRBCK

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 Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud's Moses and Monotheism (1939) and Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), and discovers in both a principled rigidity that turns into recklessness because it is blind to the politics of the unknown.

Offering striking insights into the importance of myth in politics and the extent to which truth can be tolerated in adversity, the essay also provides one of the few instances where Blumenberg reveals his thinking about Judaism and Zionism. Rigorism of Truth also includes commentaries by Ahlrich Meyer that give a fuller understanding of the philosopher's engagement with Freud, Arendt, and the Eichmann trial, as well as situating these reflections in the broader context of Blumenberg's life and thought.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501716720ISBN-10:1501716727UPC:9781501716720Book Category:Philosophy, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Europe, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:GermanySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCENMGRBCK

Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) was Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Münster and the author of books including Paradigms for a Metaphorology (also in Cornell's Signale series), The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, The Genesis of the Copernican World, and Work on Myth. Joe Paul Kroll is Editor at the Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany. Ahlrich Meyer, a German political scientist and historian, is the author of many books in German.


Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Hans Blumenberg, Joe Paul Kroll (Translator), Ahlrich Meyer (Editor)

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Hans Blumenberg

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