Secularization, Genealogy, and the Legitimacy of the Modern Age: Remarks on the Löwith-Blumenberg Debate

This essay reconstructs the secularization debate between Blumenberg and Löwith. It explores what a genealogy of secular modernity can and cannot accomplish, asking how to build on Blumenberg's legacy without repeating his errors. Blumenberg absorbed the skepticism of a genealogy of secularism...

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Main Author: Gordon, Peter E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2019
In: Journal of the history of ideas
Year: 2019, Volume: 80, Issue: 1, Pages: 147-170
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