The Readability of the World

by Hans Blumenberg

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"