Vorläufiges zur Geschichte
Blumenberg’s historiographical project embodies a barely concealed ‘ethos’: ‘not to lose sight of what is human’ means rejecting the ‘absolutism of the present moment’, and recognising precisely in this a philosophical task for addressing the questions of one’s own time as well. How can reality be h...
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| description | Blumenberg’s historiographical project embodies a barely concealed ‘ethos’: ‘not to lose sight of what is human’ means rejecting the ‘absolutism of the present moment’, and recognising precisely in this a philosophical task for addressing the questions of one’s own time as well. How can reality be historicised? How is a history of consciousness written? Hans Blumenberg was certainly not the ‘pure historian’ that some sought to see in him. And yet he repeatedly pointed out just how philosophical historiography can be. What is at stake in the attempt at a phenomenology of history beyond teleology and substance is more than merely a service to the sharpening of perceptual capacity, as the philosopher himself had spoken of in this regard. Robert Loth outlines for the first time the provisional nature of historical experiences of reality as a central concept in Hans Blumenberg’s historiography, thereby also offering a preview of the theoretical approaches in his later famous books. Central concepts of Blumenberg’s thought—such as ‘absolute metaphors’, ‘metakinetics’, ‘backgrounds’ and ‘historical horizons of meaning’—already appear here, concepts that transcend the framework of philosophical-historical narratives of continuity and allow history to be conceived in a different way. |
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