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Thomas Luckmann was a prominent sociologist specializing in the sociology of communication, sociology of knowledge, and sociology of religion. While he spent the majority of his long academic career at the University of Konstanz, Luckmann both studied and taught at the New School for Social Research in the 1960s. Luckmann was born in Jesenice, Slovenia […]
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As a philosopher, ethicist, and scholar of religion, Hans Jonas has in many ways defined what it means to be a part of the intellectually dynamic community that formed the basis of the New School. Born into a German-Jewish family in what is today Mönchengladbach, Germany, in 1903, Jonas’ early life—not unlike many other members […]
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" To avoid misunderstanding, I should note at once that my point of view is here not that of the mere logic of ideas and doctrines, but that of the concrete logic of the events of history. "
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" The advocatus diaboli, as you know, is not a lawyer employed by the Prince of Darkness. "