The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside.
In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780262521055 (0262521059)
Publish date: October 21st 1985
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pages no: 728
Edition language: English
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