Interrogating Modernity: Hans Blumenberg and Roberto Unger Compared

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online talk series features short and stimulating presentations from fellows of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, marking the beginning of 1-month writing residencies.

This talk will focus on Modernity and will be presented by Zhiyuan CUI, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

This talk will take place at 4:00 PM Paris time | 10:00 AM New York | 3:00 PM London | 7:30 PM Delhi | 10:00 PM Beijing | 11:00 PM Tokyo, in English and online on Zoom following this link : https://iea-paris.zoom.us/j/87147178860

Presentation

German Philosopher Hans Blumenberg’s works on modernity (1920-1996) has generated a broad interest recently in the English language academic world, as the publication of History, Metaphors and Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader (Cornell University Press, 2020) shows. Harvard Law School Professor Roberto Unger is a leader of Critical Legal Studies Movement in the United States, but also returned two times to his native Brazil to serve as President Lula’s Minister for Strategic Affairs. These two persons’ theories of modernity are worth a comparative study if only because Richard Rorty had reviewed both of their works.

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