$24.55
- Paperback
104 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2023
Summary
For distinguished philosopher Hans Blumenberg, lions were a life-long obsession.
Lions, translated by Kri Driscoll, collects thirty-two of Blumenberg’s philosophical vignettes to reveal that the figure of the lion unites two of his other great preoccupations: metaphors and anecdotes as non-philosophical forms of knowledge.
Each of these short texts, sparkling with erudition and humor, is devoted to a peculiar leonine presence - or, in many cases, absence - in literatu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857428264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857428268 |
| Author: | Hans Blumenberg, Kári Driscoll |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Imprint: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 104 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm x 13mm |
| Series: | The Seagull Library of German Literature |
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Critics Review
“Blumenberg was one of those rare figures, like Robert Burton or Goethe himself, who was able to read widely across disciplines and time periods while maintaining a detailed sense of the internal conflicts and complexities of each particular domain.” * David Auerbach *
About The Author
Hans Blumenberg
Kri Driscoll studied German literature at the University of Oxford and Columbia University.
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