“…A thought-provoking collection of essays and lectures by one of the most perceptive Italian cultural critics of the period after World War Two. The Age of Secularization is a collection of eleven essays and lectures by Augusto Del Noce, which originally appeared in print between 1964 and 1969 and which Del Noce himself selected and re-published as a book in 1970. …”

Materias: “…Taylor, Charles, 1931- A secular age…”

Sumario

Materias: “…Taylor, Charles, 1931-. Secular age…”

“…What does it mean for a society to be secular? Answering this question from a philosophical angle, Radical Secularization? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dante and the secularization of religion through literature -- "Enditynges of worldly vanitees": truth and poetry in Chaucer as compared with Dante -- Prophecy eclipsed: Hamlet as a tragedy of knowledge -- Blind prophecy: Milton's figurative mode in Paradise Lost and in some early poems -- The logic of infinity in European Romanticism: Blake or Leopardi? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The secular humanist prospect in historical perspective -- Naturalism and the future -- Naturalism, secularism, and humanism -- The ethics of secularism -- Morality is natural -- Affirming life -- The pursuit of excellence: raising the level of taste and appreciation -- A good will -- Neo-humanism -- A modified naturalistic ethical theory -- Skeptical inquiry and religion -- Why I am a skeptic about religious claims -- Religion in conflict : are "evangelical atheists" too outspoken? …”