The Eric Voegelin Reader: Politics, History, Consciousness
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826221343 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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. One of the most original political philosophers of the period, Voegelin has largely avoided ideological labels or categorizations of his work. By the time Eric Voegelin fled Hitler’s regime and made his way to the United States in 1938, he had already written four books criticizing Nazi racism, establishing what would be the focus of his life’s work: to account for the endemic political violence of the twentieth century. Voegelin recognized that a fully responsible “new science of politics” would require the development of a philosophy of history. During
Through a selection of his writings perfectly chosen, it makes manifest to everyone the preeminent place of Eric Voegelin in the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century.”—Tilo Schabert, University of Erlangen, author of How World Politics Is Made. “The achievement of this volume is superb