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Karl Lowith
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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This is a key text in modern interpretations of alienation in Marxist theory and rationalization in Weber’s sociology. It remains the best student introduction to the differences and comparisons between…
Diese zum Klassiker avancierte Studie zur Geschichte des deutschen Geistes im 19. Jahrhundert sucht das Schicksal des Hegelschen Denkens zu erfassen: die Umbildung und Verkehrung der Philosophie des absoluten Geistes…
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Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been…
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Karl Loewith
In seiner grossen Nietzsche-Studie interpretiert Karl Loewith Nietzsches gesamte Philosophie als geschichtsphilosophischen Versuch, die Entstehung, Entwicklung und moegliche UEberwindung des Nihilismus im abendlandischen Denken zu beschreiben. Als Kern und Angelpunkt…
Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, Lowith discusses how Hegel’s students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted—-or reinterpreted—-their master’s thought, and proceeds with an in-depth assessment…
Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for…
Richard Wolin,Karl Lowith,Hans Jonas,Herbert Marcuse
Martin Heidegger is perhaps the twentieth century’s greatest philosopher, and his work stimulated much that is original and compelling in modern thought. A seductive classroom presence, he attracted Germany’s brightest…
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How is it possible to will the eternal recurrence of each moment of one’s life, if both this decision and the states of affairs governed by it appear to be…
Bruno Godefroy
This book analyzes the relationship between time and politics, studying the works of Eric Voegelin and Karl Lowith as two representative attempts to ground the political order outside of time-via…
Enrico Donaggio
Heidegger, Jaspers, Strauss, Arendt, Bultmann, Voegelin, Gadamer, Horkheimer, Marcuse und Habermas) rekonstruiert diese 2004 in Italien erschienene Monographie seine Denkbiographie und zugleich die Kritik an der Moderne, die der elegante…
Burkhard Liebsch
Das 20. Jahrhundert hat nach der Beobachtung Karl Loewiths eine ruckhaltlose Auslieferung der Menschen an Zeit und Geschichte zum Vorschein gebracht. Deren extreme Gewaltsamkeit war fur ihn der Anlass, sich…
Sjoerd Griffioen
Sjoerd Griffioen investigates the polemics between Loewith, Blumenberg and Schmitt in the German secularization debate (1950’s-1980’s). ‘Secularization’ is revealed as a contested concept in ideological struggles over modernity and religion…
Martin Heidegger, Karl Loewith
Contributing to a greater understanding of German intellectual and cultural history, this essential volume presents for the first time a definitive collection of the extended academic and personal correspondence between…
Martin Heidegger,Karl Loewith
