The Debate over Secularization in European History ("classics and Interpretation" No. 64)
by Editor-in-chief Liu Xiaofeng
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This book is the 64th issue of "Classics and Interpretation". The topic of this issue is "The Controversy over Secularization in European History". The formation of modern Europe is often said to be the process of so-called "secularization". Regarding this process, the famous intellectual historian Lovett believes that the progressive doctrine of modernization secularizes and practices the mythical historical realization model, but this is a deviation and a dangerous and unprecedented illusion. This judgment had a huge impact and also aroused Blumenberg's opposition. Blumenberg tried his best to prove in "Modern Legitimacy" that the modern concept of progress is not the modern version of Lovett's eschatology, but presents a movement process that is immanent in history. It is a gradually emerging concept of "overall progress" and is not a transcendent transcendence. This is where the "legitimacy" of modernity lies. The thematic articles selected in this volume focus on the debates between the two, either deepening the understanding of their respective concepts, or providing new entry points for this debate, which are all helpful for us to understand the secularization process in modern Europe.
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