Evil in History: Karl Lowith and Jacob Taubes on Modern Eschatology

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作者
Styfhals, Willem [1 ]
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[1] Univ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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10.1353/jhi.2015.0012
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B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
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Around the end of the 1940s, a number of German philosophers debated the connection between modernity and eschatology. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, eschatology is the theological doctrine concerned with the end of history and the salvation of human existence. This paper explains how the reference to the pre-modern phenomenon of eschatology can teach us something about the nature of secular modernity. In this respect, I elaborate on the works of Karl Löwith and Jacob Taubes. I argue that their eschatological theories of modern thought essentially entail an interpretation of the epochal role of evil in the modern age © 2003, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:23
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