This article uncovers the work of trauma in Karl Löwith's historical thought. Although best known for his critique of the philosophy of history and for the conception of secularization in his 1949 book, Meaning in History, Löwith deepened his positive historical vision in several essays that he wrote in the 1950s and 1960s. From these texts emerges a unique historical orientation, which I call the “cosmic view of history.” This perspective was at once a critique of modern historical consciousness and an embodied corrective to that consciousness, one in which the catastrophes of the twentieth century were relativized and made endurable. In both the origin and structure of this historical orientation and in its textual expression in Löwith's work, trauma is a residual force that links Löwith's language, his experiences, and the postwar context. The role of trauma in Löwith's thought further reveals a process of delegitimization in which historical consciousness and historical events lose their power to determine historical meaning, thus enabling a response to and an escape from catastrophe. This article also explores the significance of this cosmic view of history for contemporary theoretical concerns related to the Anthropocene and its consequences for historical theory.

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创伤合法化：卡尔·洛维斯（KarlLöWith）和历史的宇宙观

本文揭示了卡尔·卢维斯（KarlLöwith）的历史思想中的创伤工作。尽管在1949年的著作《历史的意义》中以对历史哲学的批判和世俗化的概念而闻名。，洛瓦（Löwith）在他于1950年代和1960年代撰写的几篇文章中加深了他积极的历史视野。从这些文本中出现了独特的历史取向，我称之为“历史的宇宙观”。这种观点既是对现代历史意识的一种批判，又是对该意识的一种具体的矫正，在这种意识中，二十世纪的灾难得以相对化并经得住了考验。从这种历史取向的起源和结构，以及在洛韦夫著作中的文字表达来看，创伤是一种残余力量，将洛韦夫的语言，他的经历和战后环境联系在一起。洛维夫思想中创伤的作用进一步揭示了一种非合法化过程，在这种过程中，历史意识和历史事件丧失了确定历史意义的能力，从而使人们能够应对巨灾并从巨灾中逃脱。本文还探讨了这种宇宙历史观对于与人类世有关的当代理论关注的重要性及其对历史理论的影响。