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"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 Am

Author

Eric Voegelin; with a new foreword by Dante Germino

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9781306428569

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social Science

Rating

4.15 / 5 (147 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14