THE AGE OF SECULARIZATION 29248_Del_Noce.indd 1 17-09-08 11:23 McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Ideas Series Editor: Philip J. Cercone 1 Problems of Cartesianism 10 Consent, Coercion, and Limit: Edited by Thomas M. Lennon, The Medieval Origins of John M. Nicholas, and John Parliamentary Democracy W. Davis Arthur P. Monahan 2 The Development of the 11 Scottish Common Sense Idea of History in Antiquity in Germany, 1768–1800: Gerald A. Press A Contribution to the History of Critical Philosophy 3 Claude Buffier and Manfred Kuehn Thomas Reid: Two Common-Sense 12 Paine and Cobbett: Philosophers The Transatlantic Connection Louise Marcil-Lacoste David A. Wilson 4 Schiller, Hegel, and Marx: 13 Descartes and the State, Society, and the Aesthetic Enlightenment Ideal of Ancient Greece Peter A. Schouls Philip J. Kain 14 Greek Scepticism: 5 John Case and Aristotelianism Anti-Realist Trends in Renaissance England in Ancient Thought Charles B. 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Jamil Ragep Rotem Kowner 72 The Culturalist Challenge 64 The Crisis of Modernity to Liberal Republicanism Augusto Del Noce Michael Lusztig Edited and translated by Carlo Lancellotti 29248_Del_Noce.indd 5 17-09-08 11:23 73 God and Government: 74 The Age of Secularization Martin Luther’s Political Augusto Del Noce Thought Edited and Translated Jarrett A. Carty by Carlo Lancellotti 29248_Del_Noce.indd 6 17-09-08 11:23 THE AGE OF SECULARIZATION Augusto Del Noce Edited and Translated by Carlo Lancellotti McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago 29248_Del_Noce.indd 7 17-09-08 11:23 © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2017 ISBN 978-0-7735-5090-2 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-7735-5091-9 (paper) ISBN 978-0-7735-5225-8 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-7735-5226-5 (ePUB) Legal deposit fourth quarter 2017 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche Via Val d’Aposa 7 – 40123 Bologna – Italy [email protected] – www.seps.it McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Del Noce, Augusto, 1910–1989 [Epoca della secolarizzazione. English] The age of secularization / Augusto Del Noce; edited and translated by Carlo Lancellotti. (McGill-Queen’s studies in the history of ideas; 74) Translation of: Epoca della secolarizzazione. Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-7735-5090-2 (cloth). – ISBN 978-0-7735-5091-9 (paper). – ISBN 978-0-7735-5225-8 (ePDF). – ISBN 978-0-7735-5226-5 (ePUB) 1. Social history – 20th century. I. Lancellotti, Carlo, editor, translator II. Title. III. Title: Epoca della secolarizzazione. English VI. Series: McGill-Queen’s studies in the history of ideas; 74. HN17.D4513 2017 303.48'4 C2017-904237-8 C2017-904238-6 This book was typeset by Marquis Interscript in 10 /12 New Baskerville. 29248_Del_Noce.indd 8 17-09-08 11:23 Contents Translator’s Introduction xi Biographical Note xxix Part 1: The Age of Secularization Preface 3 The Student Protests and Values 9 Notes for a Philosophy of Young People 19 Tradition and Innovation 35 Technological Civilization and Christianity 68 The Dialogue between the Church and Modern Culture 86 Notes towards a Historical Definition of Fascism 96 Simone Weil, Interpreter of Today’s World 118 The Common Morality of the Nineteenth Century and the Morality of Today 153 The Present Significance of Rosminian Ethics 173 At the Origins of the Concept of Ideology 190 Croce and Religious Thought 203 Part 2: The Politics of Secularization The Political Predicament of Catholics 217 On Catholic Progressivism 236 Index 267 29248_Del_Noce.indd 9 17-09-08 11:23