Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order by Maichael P. Federici (.ePUB
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Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order by Maichael P. Federici
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Overview: A fugitive from Nazism who saw little worth in any form of liberalism, Austrian philosopher Voegelin (1901-85) attracted much American conservative interest during and beyond his 20-year U.S. sojourn (1938-58). Since he held that humanity’s relationship with transcendent reality was the motor of history, and thus that religion was fundamental to society–specifically, Christianity was fundamental to Western civilization–Christian intellectuals, too, were intrigued. But Voegelin deflected all isms, considering conservatism a shallow reaction to liberalism, and he never personally professed any faith. Moreover, he wrote for his professional peers, freely coining and adapting terms to fit his concepts, and that made his books forbidding to general readers. By concentrating on Voegelin’s political philosophy, and with the aid of a hefty glossary of his terms, Federici makes accessible this extraordinary thinker’s ideas. In a century addicted to five-year plans and new deals, Voegelin drafted no stairway to paradise, saw no end to history. Yet anyone who suspects that spirituality is more important to human fulfillment than ideology must encounter Voegelin.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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