The Drama of Atheist Humanism

by Henri de Lubac

Book Overview

De Lubac traces the origin of 19th century attempts to construct a humanism apart from God, the sources of contemporary atheism which purports to have "moved beyond God." The three persons he focuses on are Feuerbach, who greatly influenced Marx; Nietzsche, who represents nihilism; and Comte, who is the father of all forms of positivism. He then shows that the only one who really responded to this ideology was Dostoevsky, a kind of prophet who criticizes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089870443X
• ISBN13: 9780898704433
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 539 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"