AND THE FIRST TASK OF PHILOSOPHY, WHICH IS AT THE SERVICE OF HISTORY, CONSISTS, ONCE THE HOLY IMAGE THAT REPRESENTED MAN’S RENUNCIATION OF HIMSELF HAS BEEN UNMASKED, IN UNMASKING THIS RENUNCIATION IN ITS PROFANE FORMS. CRITICISM OF HEAVEN IS THUS TRANSFORMED INTO CRITICISM OF THE EARTH, CRITICISM OF RELIGION INTO CRITICISM OF THE LAW, CRITICISM OF THEOLOGY INTO CRITICISM OF POLITICS.