The New Science of Politics

Abstract

Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that New Science of 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 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 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 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 basis . . . a significant accomplishment in the retheorization of our age. Anthony Harrigan, Christian Century

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