Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Department of political science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Faculty of Department of political science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran branch
4 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tehran
Abstract
The first half of the twentieth century, the disappointments emerged due to the collapse of Christian values as well as the ideal of progress in Europe, which led to a rethinking of the foundations of the Modern age and its relation to the Christian Middle ages. These efforts put the issue at the core of the debate, known as 'Secularization'. About the relation of the Modern age and the Middle ages through the secularization, there are two bases: 'Continuity and Discontinuity', and two important theories about it are theories that, in opposition to each other, the Modern age is 'Secularization of Eschatology' or 'Secularization by Eschatology'. The prominent representatives of these two theories are Karl Löwith and Hans Blumenberg. Accordingly, in this article, by categorizing different positions on the secularization category, we identify Löwith and Blumenberg's positions within this category, then, analyze the arguments of Löwith and Blumenberg.
Keywords
)