In the intellectual legacy of Hans Blumenberg appeared a folder under the symbol "GT", that was one of the short writings collected here about spiritual history of technology. In a few pages Blumenberg exposes their usual acute and wise meditations why a history of the spirit as he poses-beyond the history of art to use- not be ignored. It remains to discover the importance of Hans Blumenberg has, in the current scenario, as highlighted in the development of historiography of science and technology thinker. The texts that make up this volume were reunited for the first time (2009), in book form, along with a long speech and the corresponding discussion in the German edition of which have been translated. "Technology is a constitutive element of the modern age." "Can humans have in the structure of the world has taken him, somehow, into consideration?" "It is the world that awarded man...read more
