Lions

Hans Blumenberg, Kári Driscoll

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Seagull Books London Ltd
01 June 2023

Literature: history & criticism; Philosophy; History of ideas

Series: The Seagull Library of German Literature

For distinguished philosopher HansBlumenberg, 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 literature, art, philosophy, religion, and politics. From Ecclesiastes to the New Testament Apocrypha, Drerto Henri Rousseau, Aesop and La Fontaine to Rilke and Thomas Mann, the extraordinary breadth ofBlumenberg'sknowledge and intellectual curiosity is on full display. Lions has much to offer readers, both those already familiar withBlumenberg'soeuvreand newcomers looking for an introduction to the thought of one of Germany's most importantpostwarphilosophers.

'Blumenbergwas 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

By: Hans Blumenberg
Translated by: Kári Driscoll
Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9780857428264
ISBN 10: 0857428268
Series: The Seagull Library of German Literature
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lions Sympathy for the Lion Homeopathy The Elephant, Not the Lion The Absence About the Lion Fiesco’s Lion Impeded Lions One Species of Leonine Absence Ecclesiastes’ Dead Lion The Absence About the Lion: Morgenstern The Absent Lion Preserved from a Lion The Baptized Lion The Renewed Absence of Leonine Thought Two Different Measures of a Lion’s Hunger The Cares of the Lioness The Fearful Lion The Dreamt-Out Dream of the Lion’s Absence In Defence of the Absent Lion Delayed Effects of Absent Lions The Absence About the Sea Lion The Polemical Lion The Presence of a Lion—As If He Were Absent The Remedy for the Lion’s Return Sea Lions—A Misunderstanding The Lion’s Absence for the Elephant The Absence About the Lion: St Jerome in His Study with an Hourglass Conciliatory Expulsion of the Lion The Liberating Power of the Truth The False Lion of the Bacchae Felicitous Animal Metaphor Tonio Kröger’s Lions Notes to the English Edition

Kri Driscoll studied German literature at the University of Oxford and Columbia University.

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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 *

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Hans Blumenberg, Kári Driscoll

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