Meaning in History

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Meaning in History is a philosophical work by Karl Löwith that critically examines the modern idea of historical progress by tracing its roots in Christian eschatology.

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instanceOf book
academicDiscipline history of ideas
philosophy
theology
arguesThat modern ideas of progress secularize Christian eschatology
author Karl Löwith NERFINISHED
basedOn lectures delivered at the University of Chicago
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes modern idea of historical progress
dedicatedTo Karl Jaspers NERFINISHED
examines relationship between faith and history
teleology in history
genre philosophy of history
hasISBN 9780226495552
hasPart chapter on Augustine
chapter on Burckhardt
chapter on Hegel
chapter on Joachim of Fiore
chapter on Marx
chapter on Vico
chapter on Voltaire
hasReception considered a classic in philosophy of history
widely cited in discussions of secularization
influenced 20th-century philosophy of history
later debates on secularization
languageOfPublication English
libraryOfCongressClassification D16.9 .L6
mainTopic Christian eschatology
historical progress
philosophy of history
originalLanguage German
philosophicalApproach historical critique of modernity
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy NERFINISHED
placesInContext Christian theology and modern historical thought
publicationYear 1949
publisher University of Chicago Press NERFINISHED
questionedBy some proponents of secular progressivism
relatedWork From Hegel to Nietzsche NERFINISHED
subjectOf critical studies in philosophy of history
timePeriodDiscussed ancient history
medieval history
modern history
title Meaning in History NERFINISHED
tracesOriginOf modern historical consciousness

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Karl Löwith notableWork Meaning in History
Harry Prosch notableWork Meaning in History
this entity surface form: Meaning