Metaphor in European Philosophy after Nietzsche
An Intellectual History

Andrew Hines

Studies In Comparative Literature 54

Legenda

28 September 2020  •  222pp

ISBN: 978-1-781884-28-7 (hardback)  •  RRP £80, $110, €95

ISBN: 978-1-781884-31-7 (paperback, 22 January 2023)  •  RRP £11.99, $15.99, €14.49

ISBN: 978-1-781884-34-8 (JSTOR ebook)

Access online: Books@JSTOR

ModernGermanPhilosophystudent-priced


In addition to its original library hardback edition, this title is now on sale in the new student-priced Legenda paperback range.


When one encounters a metaphor in the Humanities, the interpretation of that metaphor is dominated by either cognitive linguistics or post-Kantian European philosophy. Each of these traditions holds a differing view of how the meanings of metaphors are created. But today, in political ideology, the meanings of metaphors are rapidly shifting. The question is no longer, how is meaning created, but how meaning shifts. One of the ways to untangle our assumptions about metaphor is to revisit a key moment in its evolution. In this lucid and provocative study, Andrew Hines provides an intellectual history of the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche’s conception of metaphor on European philosophy and how that conception underpins key interpretative challenges in contemporary culture and politics.

Andrew Hines is Lecturer in World Philosophies at SOAS University of London and the Thyssen Research Fellow at the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary University of London. He is a contributing editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog.

Reviews:

  • ‘This monograph is exactly as its title would suggest: a lively intellectual history of metaphor in (mostly) twentieth-century European philosophy... does the impossible, succeeding very clearly in defining and outlining the history of metaphor (which [Hines] does comprehensively and deeply, I might add).’ — Christopher O’Hara, Forum for Modern Language Studies 58.1, January 2022, 127-28 (full text online)
  • ‘Throughout the book, [Hines] suggests that studying the metaphors of ideologies would be an apt use case — he cites examples from The Language of the Third Reich, Victor Klemperer’s study of Third Reich rhetoric — yet he can only hint at how exactly this is to be done. As a historical result, Hines has produced an excellent overview over the development of metaphor theory, and has assembled a canon whose surprising star, Hans Blumenberg, is also still the least known in the Anglosphere. Not everyone will agree with this selection — nor with the pivotal position Nietzsche has in it — but for any future study of metaphor theories, this book will be indispensable.’ — Hannes Bajohr, Contributions to the History of Concepts 17.2, Winter 2022, 123–27 (full text online)

Contents:

1-30

Introduction
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.5

Cite
31-58

Chapter 1 the Aristotelian Paradigm of Metaphor and Its Evolution
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.6

Cite
59-86

Chapter 2 the Watershed Moment: Nietzsche and the Reversal of the Aristotelian Paradigm of Metaphor
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.7

Cite
87-122

Chapter 3 Martin Heidegger, Paul Ricoeur and Metaphor As Poetic Revelation
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.8

Cite
123-154

Chapter 4 Likeness As Consensus: Hans Blumenberg and the Riddle of Metaphor
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.9

Cite
155-182

Chapter 5 Jacques Derrida and the Undecidability of Metaphoric Meaning
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.10

Cite
183-192

Conclusion
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.11

Cite
193-202

Bibliography
Andrew Hines
doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgqxb.12

Cite
203-210
Cite

Bibliography entry:

Hines, Andrew, Metaphor in European Philosophy after Nietzsche: An Intellectual History, Studies In Comparative Literature, 54 (Legenda, 2020)

First footnote reference: 35 Andrew Hines, Metaphor in European Philosophy after Nietzsche: An Intellectual History, Studies In Comparative Literature, 54 (Legenda, 2020), p. 21.

Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Hines, p. 47.

(To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)

Bibliography entry:

Hines, Andrew. 2020. Metaphor in European Philosophy after Nietzsche: An Intellectual History, Studies In Comparative Literature, 54 (Legenda)

Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Hines 2020: 21).

Example footnote reference: 35 Hines 2020: 21.

(To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)


This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more.


Permanent link to this title: