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The New Science of Politics: An Introduction New ed Edition
Author(s): Eric Voegelin (Author), Dante Germino (Author)
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date: 15 Aug. 1987
- Edition: New ed
- Language: English
- Print length: 210 pages
- ISBN-10: 0226861147
- ISBN-13: 9780226861142
Book Description
A classic work of political theory by one of the leading political philosophers of the twentieth century
What Eric Voegelin attempts in The New Science of Politics is nothing less ambitious than a complete theory of humanity, society, and history. To build his theory, Voegelin draws on a breathtaking range of subjects from throughout history, including the Mongol Orders of Submission, the Behistun Inscription, and a controversy over an alter to the goddess Victoria in the Roman Forum. Addressing the access to truth afforded by myth, revelation, and philosophy, Voegelin then carefully contrasts each with gnosticism. The resulting book is a heady exploration of the development of European politics through the Western tradition and the ongoing importance of the inner quest for transcendent reality. =
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“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 lodestar 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
