Passage to Modernity: An Essay on the Hermeneutics of Nature and Culture
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Did modernity begin with the Renaissance and end with post-modernity? In this book, a distinguished scholar challenges both these assumptions, discussing the roots, development, and impact of modern thought, tracing the fundamental principles of modernity to the late fourteenth century, and affirming that modernity is still an influential force in contemporary culture.
PrefaceIntroduction1Pt. IFrom Cosmos to Nature1Classical and Medieval Antecedents152Nature and Form423The Emergence of Objectivity65Pt. IIFrom Microcosmos to Subject4The Nature of the Subject and the Subject of Nature935The New Meaning of Freedom1206The Birth of the Past145Pt. IIIFrom Deified Nature to Supernatural Grace7The Fateful Separation1678The Attempted Reunion1909A Provisional Synthesis221Conclusion249Notes255Index287
