The Readability of the World

by Hans Blumenberg

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The Readability of the World represents Hans Blumenberg's first extended demonstration of the metaphorological method he pioneered in Paradigms for a Metaphorology. For Blumenberg, metaphors are symptomatic of patterns of thought and feeling that escape conceptual formulation but are nonetheless indispensable, because they allow humans to orient themselves in an otherwise overwhelming world. The Readability of the World...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1501766619

ISBN13:9781501766619

Release Date:December 2022

Publisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi

Length:426 Pages

Weight:1.71 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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