Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Semantics of Conceptual Change: The Emergence of the Concept of Emancipation 29
6. 2. The Model of Translation: From Religion to Politics 59
7. 3. Hans Blumenberg’s Reoccupational Model: Conceptual Transformation 70
8. 4. Blumenberg’s Second Model: The Persistence of Mythical Narratives 79
9. 5. Hannah Arendt’s Model of the Autonomy of Politics: Semantic Innovation Through Religious Disclosure 99
10. 6. Reinhart Koselleck’s Model of Secularization: The Enlightenment as Problematic 125
11. 7. Jürgen Habermas’s Innovation Model: Bringing Justice Into the Domain of Politics 141
12. 8. The Disclosure of Politics Revisited 166
13. Notes 187
14. Bibliography 217
15. Index 225