The Legitimacy of the Modern Age

by Hans Blumenberg

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In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl L with'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. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an internal logic that ultimately expresses human choices and is legitimized...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262521059

ISBN13:9780262521055

Release Date:October 1985

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:712 Pages

Weight:2.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Buddhism Catholicism Christian Books & Bibles Europe Germany History Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality

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