Hans Blumenberg in Jerusalem
PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY PERSPECTIVES
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 14:30-19:00, at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
14:30-14:45 Greetings
Gabriel Motzkin, Director, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Ohad Nachtomy, Head, Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University
14:45-17:00 Philosophical Perspectives
Chair: Pini Ifergan, Bar-Ilan University
Angus Nicholls, Queen Mary University of London
Hans Blumenberg as a Political Philosopher
Oliver Müller, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitהt Freiburg
Hans Blumenberg on Visibility
Thomas Meyer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitהt
Munchen
Rigorism: Thoughts on Hans Blumenberg
Pini Ifergan, Bar-Ilan University
Work on Myth: An Attempt at a Reconstruction
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-19:00 Literary Perspectives
Chair: Thomas Meyer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitהt
Munchen
Anat Danziger, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Overpowering the Demon: Tropes of Fear and Fear of
Tropes
Ariel Izhar, Bar-Ilan University
Absolute Metaphors and the Formation of Sexually
Gendered Agents
Yael Doron, Bar-Ilan University
Shipwreck, Icicle, and Bower: On the Ways
Blumenberg, Bialik and Gutman Use Metaphors
Admission is free.
Sponsored by:
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem Tel. 02-5605222, www.vanleer.org.il
The Program for Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies and the Department of Philosophy, at Bar-Ilan University
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, The Spinoza Center at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Minerva Institute for German History, Tel Aviv University
