Existentialism as a Political Problem in Karl Löwith's Thought

History of European Ideas 42 (7):951-964 (2016)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

SUMMARYThe aim of this paper is to make a case for the claim that Karl Löwith's thought is predominately preoccupied with one major philosophic–historical problem that may be broadly labelled existentialism. This notion is usually employed by Löwith in order to grasp the various phenomena and developments within the European history in the modern age. I claim that the meaning assigned by Löwith to the notion of existentialism is inseparable from its political consequences. In other words, I attempt to reconstruct the notion of existentialism in Löwith's thought primarily as a political problem. By advancing this argument, I am inclined towards the view that Löwith’s œuvre deserves more careful reception from political theorists than it has yet received.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Heidegger: problem and background of existentialism.Karl Lowith - forthcoming - Social Research: An International Quarterly.
Nature, history, and existentialism.Karl Löwith - 1966 - Evanston [Ill.]: Northwestern University Press. Edited by Arnold Boyd Levison.
Appendix III - Karl Löwith's Impressions of Husserl and Heidegger.Karl Löwith - 2009 - New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy 9:420-426.
Löwith e l'Occidente.Anna Maria Tripodi - 1997 - Universe Publishing(NY).

Analytics

Added to PP
2019-01-26

Downloads
10 (#1,025,836)

6 months
2 (#668,348)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Nature, history, and existentialism.Karl Löwith - 1966 - Evanston [Ill.]: Northwestern University Press. Edited by Arnold Boyd Levison.
Heidegger: problem and background of existentialism.Karl Lowith - forthcoming - Social Research: An International Quarterly.
Gott, Mensch und Welt in der Metaphysik von Descartes bis zu Nietzsche.Karl Löwith - 1970 - Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 75 (4):493-493.

Add more references