Hans Blumenberg's account of the transition of the world from medieval to modern, given in his 1966 work The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, has received wide attention. Elizabeth Brient begins her own account of the transition with an extensive, critical assessment of aspects of Blumenberg's work.
Hans Blumenberg's account of the transition of the world from medieval to modern, given in his 1966 work The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, has received wide attention. Elizabeth Brient begins her own account of the transition with an extensive, critical assessment of aspects of Blumenberg's work.