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Livre 19 sur 69: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought

Blumenberg, Hans

 
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Synopsis

This major work by the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg is a monumental rethinking of the significance of the Copernican revolution for our understanding of modernity. It provides an important corrective to the view of science as an autonomous enterprise and presents a new account of the history of interpretations of the significance of the heavens for man.

This book is included in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy

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À propos de l'auteur

Hans Blumenberg, the creator of metaphorology, was one of the most important German philosophers of the latter 20th century.

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