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The legitimacy of the modern age

by Hans Blumenberg

This work challenges the thesis that the idea of progress is a secularised version of Christian eschatology. It argues instead that progress is driven by an internal historical logic and legitimised by human self-assertion and responsibility.

Accession 29347 ISBN 0262521059 Publisher MIT Press
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