"Modernism is the attempt to permeate religion with middle-class reason."
— Modernity

January 1, 1970

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ModernityHistoriographyPostmodern theoryModernismHistorical eras
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Sources

Robert Musil, “The Religious Spirit, Modernism, and Metaphysics” (1913), B. Pike and D. Luft, trans., Precision and Soul (1978), p. 23