The New Science of Politics: An Introduction"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that The New Science of Politics would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what has passed under the name of political science in recent decades. . . . The New Science is aptly titled, for Voegelin makes clear at the outset that a 'return to the specific content' of premodern political theory is out of the question. . . . The subtitle of the book, An Introduction, clearly indicates that The New Science of Politics is an invitation to join the search for the recovery of our full humanity."—From the new Foreword by Dante Germino "This book must be considered one of the most enlightening essays on the character of European politics that has appeared in half a century. . . . This is a book powerful and vivid enough to make agreement or disagreement with even its main thesis relatively unimportant."—Times Literary Supplement "Voegelin . . . is one of the most distinguished interpreters to Americans of the non-liberal streams of European thought. . . . He brings a remarkable breadth of knowledge, and a historical imagination that ranges frequently into brilliant insights and generalizations."—Francis G. Wilson, American Political Science Review "This book is beautifully constructed . . . his erudition constantly brings a startling illumination."—Martin Wright, International Affairs "A ledestar to thinking men who seek a restoration of political science on the classic and Christian basis . . . a significant accomplishment in the retheorization of our age."—Anthony Harrigan, Christian Century |
Contents
I | 1 |
II | 3 |
III | 13 |
IV | 22 |
V | 27 |
VI | 31 |
VII | 34 |
VIII | 36 |
XXV | 82 |
XXVI | 86 |
XXVII | 92 |
XXVIII | 97 |
XXIX | 100 |
XXX | 102 |
XXXI | 107 |
XXXII | 110 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action analysis Aristotelian Aristotle articulation Augustine Augustinian become century chap Christ Christian church Cicero civil theology civilizational Civitas conception concrete constitution critical cult danger debate demonic developed differentiation divine dream world emperor empire ence epoch Eric Voegelin eschatological eschaton existential existential representation experiences fact Fortescue gnosis gods Greek Hence Heraclitus Hobbes human existence Ibid idea immanent immanentization imperial instance institutions intellectual interpretation Joachim Karl Jaspers king Kuyuk Khan litical mankind meaning ment metaphysics Mongol movement nature pagan Philo philosophers Plato polis political science political society polytheism positivism positivistic principle problem psyche Puritan question radical realm relevance repre representative revolution Roman Rome ruler Saints Scripture self-interpretation sense soteriological soul Soviet spiritual structure of reality symbols theoretical theorist theory thinker third age Third Rome Thomas Hobbes tion tradition transcendence understanding understood value-free value-judgments values Voegelin Weber Western society