Karl Löwith

3.2k total citations
61 papers, 441 citations indexed

About

Karl Löwith is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Löwith has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 441 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Karl Löwith's work include Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (18 papers), Philosophy and Historical Thought (11 papers) and Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (7 papers). Karl Löwith is often cited by papers focused on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (18 papers), Philosophy and Historical Thought (11 papers) and Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (7 papers). Karl Löwith collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Belgium. Karl Löwith's co-authors include Richard Wolin, Jean‐François Kervégan, Bernard Reginster, Bernd Magnus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Heinrich Heine, Paul Michael Lützeler, Heiner Ganßmann, William Outhwaite and Georg Misch and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Philosophical Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Karl Löwith

43 papers receiving 297 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl Löwith Germany 11 256 189 105 47 32 61 441
T. M. Knox United Kingdom 11 181 0.7× 158 0.8× 111 1.1× 17 0.4× 41 1.3× 36 412
Alexandre Kojève 6 137 0.5× 81 0.4× 78 0.7× 9 0.2× 36 1.1× 25 306
Sanford Budick 8 109 0.4× 107 0.6× 39 0.4× 14 0.3× 70 2.2× 22 322
Michael Anthony Sells United States 11 240 0.9× 103 0.5× 142 1.4× 12 0.3× 19 0.6× 43 466
Philip C. Almond Australia 10 144 0.6× 120 0.6× 73 0.7× 7 0.1× 44 1.4× 50 372
Simon Jarvis United Kingdom 8 139 0.5× 70 0.4× 52 0.5× 23 0.5× 106 3.3× 26 337
Mark Lilla Canada 9 165 0.6× 100 0.5× 129 1.2× 8 0.2× 10 0.3× 22 330
Alan D. Schrift United States 9 95 0.4× 133 0.7× 38 0.4× 15 0.3× 33 1.0× 46 288
Amy Hollywood United States 9 172 0.7× 99 0.5× 62 0.6× 11 0.2× 28 0.9× 33 332
Michael Fishbane United States 14 306 1.2× 109 0.6× 37 0.4× 8 0.2× 22 0.7× 47 650

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Löwith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Löwith, Karl & Jean‐François Kervégan. (2002). Histoire et salut : les présupposés théologiques de la philosophie de l'histoire. Gallimard eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (2001). Von Rom nach Sendai : von Japan nach Amerika : Reisetagebuch 1936 und 1941.
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (1998). Nietzsche : philosophie de l'éternel retour du même. 1 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1991). Le Décisionnisme (occasionnel) de Carl Schmitt. Les Temps Modernes. 15–50. 2 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (1990). Der Mensch Inmitten der Geschichte Philosophische Bilanz des 20. Jahrhunderts. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 1 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1989). Mein Leben in Deutschland vor und nach 1933 : ein Bericht. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Heine, Heinrich & Karl Löwith. (1988). Die Hegelsche Linke. Frommann-Holzboog eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1988). Hegel und die Aufhebung der Philosophie im 19. Jahrhundert--Max Weber. J.B. Metzler eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1986). Von Hegel zu Nietzsche : der revolutionäre Bruch im Denken des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. 8 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1983). Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschehen : zur Kritik der Geschichtsphilosophie. J.B. Metzler eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (1981). Mensch und Menschenwelt : Beiträge zur Anthropologie. J.B. Metzler eBooks.
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Löwith, Karl. (1971). Aufsätze und Vorträge, 1930-1970. W. Kohlhammer eBooks.
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Löwith, Karl. (1966). Vorträge und Abhandlungen : zur Kritik der christlichen Überlieferung. W. Kohlhammer eBooks.
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (1966). Nature, history, and existentialism : and other essays in the philosophy of history. Northwestern University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1964). From Hegel to Nietzsche : the revolution in nineteenth-century thought. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 67 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1960). Der Weltbegriff der neuzeitlichen Philosophie. C. Winter eBooks.
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Löwith, Karl, et al.. (1956). Heidegger, pensador de un tiempo indigente. Galiciana (Xunta de Galicia). 7 indexed citations
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Nietzsche, Friedrich & Karl Löwith. (1956). Zeitgemässes und Unzeitgemässes. 1 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1956). Jener Einzelne: Kierkegaard. Merkur. 10(96). 147–162. 1 indexed citations
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Löwith, Karl. (1953). Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschehen : die theologischen Voraussetzungen der Geschichtsphilosophie. Kohlhammer eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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