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This is the first book-length critical analysis in any language of Hans Blumenberg s theory of myth. Blumenberg can be regarded as the most important German theorist of myth of the second half of the twentieth century, and his Work on Myth (1979) has resonated across disciplines ranging from literary theory, via philosophy, religious studies and anthropology, to the history and philosophy of science.

Nicholls introduces Anglophone readers to Blumenberg s biography and to his philosophical contexts. He elucidates Blumenberg s theory of myth by relating it to three...

This is the first book-length critical analysis in any language of Hans Blumenberg's theory of myth. Blumenberg can be regarded as the most important German theorist of myth of the second half of the twentieth century, and his　Work on Myth　(1979) has resonated across disciplines ranging from literary theory, via philosophy, religious studies and anthropology, to the history and philosophy of science.

Nicholls introduces Anglophone readers to Blumenberg's biography and to his philosophical contexts. He elucidates Blumenberg's theory of myth by relating...

Mythen dienen der Selbstverstandigung. Ihre Deutung, aber auch Umwertung pragt die Diskurse uber Kultur. Mythen verstehen sich somit als kulturelle Substanzen, die immer wieder neu befragbar, um- oder uberformbar sind. Ihr asthetisches, soziales, aber auch politisch-ideologisches Potenzial bedarf kritischer Uberprufung; es verlangt aber auch nach vergleichenden Untersuchungen, zumal dann, wenn diese Mythen fur die kulturellen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen zwei Landern so mageblich (gewesen) sind wie im Falle Britanniens und Deutschlands. In diesen Beziehungen stehen neben der Wahrheit der...