TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blumenberg,Hans
AU  - Kroll,Joe Paul
AU  - Meyer,Ahlrich
TI  - Rigorism of Truth: "Moses the Egyptian" and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt 
T2  - signale|TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation
SN  - 9781501714788
AV  - B3209.B833 R5413 2018
U1  - 193 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Jewish Studies
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Sigmund Freud, Hannah Arendt, Jewish intellecturals, Ahlrich Meyer, the Eichmann trial, epistemology philosophy, the role of Myth
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; I Moses the Egyptian --; II Excerpts and Preliminary Studies --; III Thematically Related Texts from the Nachlass --; Editor’s Afterword --; Editorial Note and Acknowledgments --; Translator’s Note --; Illustration Credits --; About the Authors; restricted access
N2  - 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 Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud’s Moses and Monotheism (1939) and Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), and discovers in both a principled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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501714788
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501714788
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501714788/original
ER  -