Löwith, Karl 1897-1973

Meaning in history; the theological implications of the philosophy of history by Karl Löwith ( Book )
57 editions published between 1949 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From Hegel to Nietzsche : the revolution in nineteenth-century thought by Karl Löwith ( Book )
54 editions published between 1964 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 1,735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Max Weber and Karl Marx by Karl Löwith ( Book )
28 editions published between 1981 and 2005 in English and held by 1,446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a key text in modern interpretations of alienation in Marxist theory and rationalization in Weber's sociology. It remains the best student introduction to the differences and comparisons between these two essential thinkers

Nature, history, and existentialism, and other essays in the philosophy of history by Karl Löwith ( Book )
7 editions published between 1966 and 1981 in English and held by 748 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Martin Heidegger and European nihilism by Karl Löwith ( Book )
7 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a work of impressive historical depth, Lowith traces the abandonment of higher European ideals in favor of a fatal flirtation with nihilism. These essays explore the enthronement of man above God, a trend that had begun to appear in European thought by the mid-nineteenth century in the works of Nietzsche and Marx and one that informed the nihilist philosophies of Heidegger and other theorists of the early twentieth century. An introduction by editor Richard Wolin provides lucid commentary, placing the three essays gathered here in a broad historical context, along with suggestions for further reading. This seminal work of intellectual history sheds light on the fascist impulses of nihilism in the first half of the twentieth century, but also offers unique perspective on the intellectual malaise of today

Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschehen : die theologischen Voraussetzungen der Geschichtsphilosophie by Karl Löwith ( Book )
59 editions published between 1907 and 2004 in German and Spanish and held by 562 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Geschichtsphilosophie

Von Hegel zu Nietzsche : Der revolutionäre Bruch im Denken des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts by Karl Löwith ( Book )
85 editions published between 1941 and 1998 in 5 languages and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nietzsche's philosophy of the eternal recurrence of the same by Karl Löwith ( Book )
8 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Criticizing the tendency to treat Nietzsche as a literary figure or as a vitalist in the tradition of Bergson, Simmel, and Klages, Lowith situates Nietzsche squarely within the history of Western philosophy. He takes issue with the position of Jaspers that Nietzsche is best read as a rejection of all philosophical certainties and challenges Heidegger's view that Nietzsche was the last metaphysician of the West. For Lowith, the centerpiece of Nietzsche's thought is the doctrine of eternal recurrence, a notion which Lowith, unlike Heidegger, deems incompatible with the will to power. His careful examination of Nietzsche's cosmological theory of the infinite repetition of a finite number of states of the world suggests the paradoxical consequences this theory implies for human freedom. How is it possible to will the eternal recurrence of each moment of one's life, if both this decision and the states of affairs governed by it appear to be predestined? Lowith's book, one of the most important, if seldom acknowledged, sources for recent Anglophone Nietzsche studies, remains a central text for all concerned with understanding the philosopher's work

Nietzsches Philosophie der ewigen Widerkehr des Gleichen by Karl Löwith ( Book )
28 editions published between 1935 and 1986 in German and Undetermined and held by 414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Heidegger : Denker in dürftiger Zeit. by Karl Löwith ( Book )
29 editions published between 1953 and 1984 in German and Undetermined and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide