Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Rigorism of Truth : "Moses the Egyptian" and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt / Hans Blumenberg; ed. by Ahlrich Meyer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: signale|TRANSFER: German Thought in TranslationPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (108 p.) : 3 b&w halftones, 5 b&w line drawingsContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781501714788
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 193 23
LOC classification:
  • B3209.B833 R5413 2018
  • B3209.B833 R5413 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: 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 Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud’s Moses and Monotheism (1939) and Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), and discovers in both a principled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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501714788

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 online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)