# The Legitimacy of the Modern Age

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- Authors: [Hans Blumenberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/hans-blumenberg), [John W. Campbell](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-w-campbell)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1985-10-21

## Description

In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention...

## Editions

### The Legitimacy of the Modern Age

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-105-5
- Pages: 712
- Published: 1985-10-21
- Language: en_US