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<p>Volume 6 of <i>The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin</i> offers the first translation of the full German text of <i>Anamnesis</i> published in 1966. The previous English edition, translated by Gerhart Niemeyer, focused largely on the sections of <i>Anamnesis</i> dealing directly with Voegelin's philosophy of consciousness. It omitted some of the extensive historical studies on which the philosophy of consciousness was based. To properly understand Voegelin's work, however, it is essential to give equal weight to the empirical as well as the philosophical aspects. This complete version of <i>Anamnesis</i> captures the full integrity of his vision. It is at once scientific, in the sense of fidelity to the demands of historiographic scholarship, and philosophical, in exploring the significance of the texts for the meaning of human existence in society and history.</p> <p><i>Anamnesis</i> is a pivotal work within Voegelin's intellectual odyssey. Alone among Voegelin's books, it reveals an author looking back and taking stock of his growth rather than customarily forging ahead into new regions and new problems. This critical work is both a recollection of Voegelin's own development, r

Author

Eric Voegelin

Publisher

Notre Dame [Ind.]: University of Notre Dame Press

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780268005832

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Humanities