This volume of The Collected Works contains essays that were published by Voegelin from 1922 to 1928, the period immediately following his doctoral studies and including a two-year study trip to the United States. They trace his intellectual formation in the 1920s, which resulted in a critique of political science conceived of in exclusively legal terms, and a move toward one that examines the substratum of ideas and structures that provide the meaningful unit of a given political society.
In light of his study trip to the United States, many of the essays reflect the...
This volume of The Collected Works contains essays that were published by Voegelin from 1922 to 1928, the period immediately following his d...
This volume of "The Collected Works" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933, the period between the publication of his first book, "On the Form of the American Mind, " and Hitler's rise to power, as well as Voegelin's two books analyzing the explosive race issues posed by National Socialism. The essays herein reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism and Kelsen's "Pure Theory of Law" toward a more refined and open philosophical stance. The heart of this shift...
This volume of "The Collected Works" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933, the period between the publication of his fi...