Contesting Modernity in the German Secularization Debate: Karl L�with, Hans Blumenberg and Carl Schmitt in Polemical Contexts

Sjoerd Griffioen investigates the polemics between L�with, Blumenberg and Schmitt in the German secularization debate (1950's-1980's). 'Secularization' is revealed as a contested concept in ideological struggles over modernity and religion, both in this debate and contemporary postsecularism.