Books by Eric Voegelin

This study of the history of Western political ideas begins with a discussion of the conflict between Bishop Bousset and Voltaire concerning the relationship between what is conventionally identified as sacred and profane history, and goes on to examine the ""New Science"" of Vico.

A collection of political thoughts from the Middle Ages opens with Voegelin's survey of the structure of the period and continues with an analysis of the Germanic invasion, the fall of Rome, and the rise of the empire and monastic Christianity, climaxing with a study of the views of Thomas Aquinas.

The 43th volume of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin consists of Voegelin's Autobiographical Reflections, reprinted from the 1989 edition with additional annotations; a glossary of terms used in Voegelin's writings, illustrated with examples from throughout the Collected Works; a volume index; and a cumulative index.

One of two volumes which bring together Voegelin's miscellaneous papers, this text gathers crucial writings from the early formative period of this scholar's thought. It begins with Voegelin's dissertation on sociological method, which he completed in 1922.

"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 andChristian basis . . . a significant accomplishment in the retheorization of our age."--Anthony Harrigan, "Christian Century