Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order (Library of Modern Thinkers)

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. Few Political Philosophers Of The Twentieth Century Can Lay Claim To As Much Original Brilliance As Can Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), The Austrian-born émigré Who Taught For Most Of His Career At Louisiana State University. Armed With Amazingly Broad Learning In Numerous Ancient And Modern Languages, Voegelin's Philosophical Project Was To Restore Order In Human Souls And Human Societies In A Century Of Civilizational Catastrophe. Readers Intimidated Or Puzzled By Voegelin's Often Daunting Prose Will Find Federici's Volume An Invaluable Guide To One Of The Twentieth Century's Most Imposing - And Most Impressive - Philosophical Minds. -- From Back Cover. Biographical Sketch And Early Works -- The Crisis Of The West -- The History Of Political Ideas -- The Science Of Politics -- Philosophy Of History: Order And History -- Philosophy Of Consciousness -- Voegelin's Critics -- Conclusion: Voegelin's Contribution. Michael P. Federici. Includes Bibliographical References P. (191)-205 And Index. The Library of Modern Thinkers is a series of authoritative introductions to the thought of important intellectual figures. Critical yet accessible, they will instruct anyone seeking to understand the central questions of our time. Few political philosophers of the twentieth century can lay claim to as much original brilliance as can Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), the Austrian-born emigre who taught for most of his career at Louisiana State University. Armed with amazingly broad learning in numerous ancient and modern languages, Voegelin's philosophical project was to restore order in human souls and human societies in a century of civilizational catastrophe. Readers intimidated or puzzled by Voegelin's often daunting prose will find Federici's volume an invaluable guide to one of the twentieth century's most imposing -- and most impressive -- philosophical minds. "Few political philosophers of the twentieth century can lay claim to as much original brilliance as can Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), the Austrian-born philosopher who after fleeing the Nazis taught for most of his career at Louisiana State University. In this introduction to Voegelin's thought, Michael Federici synthesizes Voegelin's corpus of work, making the contributions of this philosopher readily accessible to the interested scholar and layman.". "Readers intimidated or puzzled by Voegelin's often daunting prose will find Federici's volume, the fourth entry in ISI's Library of Modern Thinkers series, an invaluable guide to one of the twentieth century's most imposing - and most impressive - philosophical minds."--BOOK JACKET.