During his distinguished academic career, Eric Voegelin was described as the most important philosopher of history and consciousness since Toynbee; a political theorist of exceptional scope and erudition; a theologian with profound insights into the nature of religious experience. Similarly, Voegelin has been interpreted by his critics using virtually every ideological label available: fascist, communist, liberal, conservative, existentialist, fideist, socialist, reactionary, Jew, Catholic, and Protestant. Regardless of such efforts to characterize his writings using such neat categories,...

An exploration of Nietzsche's political education as a means of understanding his wider political thought. With details of Nietzsche's own education, the work goes on to examine the course of political education that Nietzsche recommends as an antidote to the crisis in Western European culture.

What is the nature of political activity? This question has vexed political