How Long to Read Myth and the Human Sciences

How Long Does it Take to Read Myth and the Human Sciences?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Myth and the Human Sciences by Angus Nicholls

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

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 important developments in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German philosophy (hermeneutics, phenomenology and philosophical anthropology), while also comparing Blumenberg¿s ideas with those of other prominent theorists of myth such as Vico, Hume, Schelling, Max M¿ller, Frazer, Sorel, Freud, Cassirer, Heidegger, Horkheimer and Adorno. According to Nicholls, Blumenberg¿s theory of myth can only be understood in relation to the ¿human sciences,¿ since it emerges from a speculative hypothesis concerning the emergence of the earliest human beings. For Blumenberg, myth was originally a cultural adaptation that constituted the human attempt to deal with anxieties concerning the threatening forces of nature by anthropomorphizing those forces into mythic images. In the final two chapters, Blumenberg¿s theory of myth is placed within the post-war political context of West Germany. Through a consideration of Blumenberg¿s exchanges with Carl Schmitt, as well as by analysing unpublished correspondence and parts of the original¿Work of Myth¿manuscript that Blumenberg held back from publication, Nicholls shows that Blumenberg¿s theory of myth also amounted to a reckoning with the legacy of National Socialism.

How long is Myth and the Human Sciences?

Myth and the Human Sciences by Angus Nicholls is 260 pages long, and a total of 65,000 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Myth and the Human Sciences Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Myth and the Human Sciences aloud.

What Reading Level is Myth and the Human Sciences?

Myth and the Human Sciences is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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