The Immanence of the Infinite
Subtitle: Hans Blumenberg and the Threshold to Modernity
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780813210896
Subjects: Topics in philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; World history; Nicholas,; History of doctrines; History & Surveys - General; of Cusa, Cardinal,; Medieval; Philosophy; Legitimitèat der Neuzeit; Immanence of God; History & Surveys - Medieval; History & Surveys - Modern; Blumenberg, Hans.; 1401-1464; Blumenberg, Hans; Legitimitat der Neuzeit
First sentence: Blumenberg finds the secularization thesis fundamentally unacceptable as a tool of historical explanation for two reasons: (1) it presupposes a substantialistic ontology of history, and (2) it introduces a theological element into our understanding of historical process not transparent to theory itself.